Five reasons why the link tax is still a bad idea
We’ve been campaigning for months against the benign-sounding “ancillary copyright”, or what we like to call the ‘link tax’. The tl;dr of how the law works as it’s cur...
Meghan Sali
Five reasons why the link tax is still a bad idea
We’ve been campaigning for months against the benign-sounding “ancillary copyright”, or what we like to call the ‘link tax’. The tl;dr of how the law works as it’s cur...
EU Consultation woes: is this thing on?
It’s been a busy month for digital policy initiatives at the European Commission. If you can believe it, they’re actually running six simultaneous public consultations on digital polici...
OpenMedia and the TPP: taking the fight to D.C.
Last week, OpenMedia joined a huge coalition of groups protesting the TPP in Washington, DC. The call to action, issued by FlushTheTPP brought together organizations and individuals from across ...
U.S. President Obama confirms Canada will sign the TPP…?
This morning U.S. President Barack Obama declared that Canada and the U.S. will both “soon be signatories” to the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). read more
How European decision-makers could break the web
You may or may not live in the European Union but many of your favourite websites (and the tech that runs them) do. Decision-makers in Europe are considering proposals to…
TPP: Trudeau’s first big test as Prime Minister
This piece was originally published by Common Ground and Rabble.ca Do you squeeze oranges expecting apple juice? Of course not. So Canadians shouldn’t be surprised when an undemocratic process like…
Trans-Pacific Partnership countries announce agreement reached, posing serious threat to global Internet users
Screen Shot 2015-10-05 at 7.45.41 AM.png Largest and most secretive agreement in the world’s history covers 40% of global trade and contains provisions to censor the Internet and rob the…
New TPP leak shows Canada would be required to massively overhaul copyright, damaging free expression and censoring Internet
tppleaks.jpg Trans-Pacific Partnership text reveals that U.S. pressure could result in new rules for Canadians that allow for website blocking, and new criminal penalties for copyright infringement August 5, 2015…
Maui wowie: final round of TPP negotiations beginning in Hawaii
We’ve been hearing it repeated again and again over the previous weeks and months: it’s coming to a close, the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) is in its ‘endgame’. And as negotiators…
La censure n’est pas un jeu : Le projet de blocage du Web par Québec pourrait changer notre façon d’utiliser Internet
Le gouvernement Couillard semble déterminé à aller de l’avant avec son projet mal pensé qui vise à exiger des fournisseurs d’accès Internet (ou ISP) de censure Internet… au profit du…
They’re back…and are trying to ambush us with an online ‘link tax’
Two weeks ago we celebrated a win at the European Parliament, where members of a powerful committee tasked with making decisions about how we share and collaborate online rejected proposals…
International network mobilizes widget campaign against EU ‘Link Tax’ that threatens to chill free expression and force top webs
Old Media lobbyists are backing tomorrow’s EU Parliament vote on costly new ‘Link Tax’ that threatens future of popular websites including reddit and Google News June 15, 2015 – A…
What does MEP Cavada want the future of copyright to look like?
At OpenMedia in our fight to protect the free and open Internet, we often come up against worthy adversaries. Sometimes they are elected representatives, sometimes they’re industry spokespeople, and sometimes…
The future of the Internet is on the line
A version of this article by our Meghan Sali was originally published at Common Ground and Rabble.ca One of the big promises we were made about the Internet was its…
What is the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP)?
Canadians across the country have been reading a new acronym in the news lately, and it has many wondering–what exactly is the TPP? Well, the TPP, or the Trans-Pacific Partnership,…
Do you believe in life after links?
With the news that we could be in for new rules that would allow the proliferation of link censorship online, many community members are wondering: how will this affect me?…
BREAKING: Fast Track and the TPP have been derailed
BREAKING: Obama’s own Senators have just put the brakes on Fast Track and the TPP, potentially derailing the process for the foreseeable future. Slated for debate in the Senate this…
Saving the Link: what we’ve accomplished so far, and where we’re headed
Yesterday the Save the Link network launched, to great success. The global network has been months in the making, and aims to bring together civil society organizations, web businesses, and…