Why Internet Users Everywhere Should be Watching The EU Right Now
Lobbyists for old media conglomerates have a plan to censor links across the Internet. The new regulations envisioned in this scheme aim to restrict our right to link to content…
Meghan Sali
Canada is walking into a copyright trap
Canadians got an unpleasant surprise in the budget yesterday when the government announced that it would be extending copyright for sound recordings by 20 years, up from Canada’s current term…
Canada is walking into a copyright trap warn advocates, as government quietly announces it will lengthen copyright terms for sound recordings by 20 years with no public consultation
3020966268_b0c2231fdf_o.png Content creators and everyday Canadians will pay the price for continued mishandling of copyright policy from government, as unaddressed Notice and Notice loophole continues to expose Canadians to abuse…
Stand with Bernie Sanders: Unmask the TPP
Right now, Congress is moving forward on legislation that would allow the government to Fast Track the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) and its extreme Internet censorship plan without any scrutiny of…
Meet the man who can stop the TPP’s Internet censorship plan
A huge leak just revealed that the TPP would establish a secretive, shadowy international court that could be used by Big Media giants to kick Internet users around the world…
Best of Stop the Slowdown: Part 1
It’s the bottom of the ninth, folks – time is running out. It’s do-or-die, the 11th hour, sudden death in overtime. If you haven’t heard yet, we’re taking the fight…
New spy powers will undermine privacy of Canadians, and fails to address inadequate control and accountability of spy agencies
ProtectOurPrivacy403.png New measures to undermine privacy proposed just days after the government’s spy agency CSE revealed to be spying on private online activities of law-abiding Canadians on a massive scale…
New copyright law is already being abused to threaten Canadian Internet users with ridiculous penalties for downloading
1503426_10153037610974759_5970440243513203976_n.png Government needs to take action to prevent foreign Big Media companies from sending misleading notices that threaten $150,000 lawsuits and disconnection from the Internet January 8, 2015 – Less…
No, Canadian downloaders cannot be sued for $150,000
It didn’t take long for Big Media conglomerates to seize the first opportunity to extort Canadians under the new notice-and-notice provisions. In a blog posted by Michael Geist this morning,…
Did Canadian downloaders just get new rules?
You may have noticed in the past few days there have been some dramatic headlines about changing copyright laws in Canada. But what – if anything – has really changed…
This holiday season, Moore is more
The holidays have come early with another win for Canadians and the pro-Internet community! This afternoon Industry Minister James Moore announced six new measures aimed at improving wireless service for…
Heading to D.C. to show decision-makers that Internet users ‘gon run this town.
This post is from OpenMedia and does not represent the Fair Deal Coalition. On behalf of OpenMedia and our growing international community of supporters, I have been given a fantastic…
Let the people speak!
If you’ve been following us this past week, you know that tomorrow we’ll be presenting at a crucial CRTC hearing that will determine how all of us here in Canada…
You have three minutes for this video
Guest blog by OpenMedia volunteer and community member Joey Levesque What does Our Digital Future look like? Recently, OpenMedia came together with over 300,000 Internet users around the world to…
President Obama’s call for strong rules against Internet slow lanes a positive sign for Internet users around the world
Obama.jpg OpenMedia commends Obama’s commitment to strong rules that would protect the open Internet, including Canadian Internet users and businesses. November 10, 2014 – This morning U.S. President Barack Obama…
The pebble that started the avalanche: how one Ghomeshi tweet spurred a national conversation that needed to happen
It would have been impossible to navigate the last week on social media without coming across the name “Jian Ghomeshi.” A popular Canadian radio host working for the CBC, Ghomeshi…
National Post: New security powers warrant greater oversight says privacy commissioner
Canada’s privacy commissioner has urged the Conservative government to beef up oversight and review of security agencies – like CSIS and CSEC – if new powers are given to police.…
Power to the people (through the Internet)
This article is a part of a series on the Our Digital Future report, our crowdsourced roadmap for Free Expression that proposes fair and balanced copyright reform for the 21st…
Express yourself, don’t repress yourself
This article is a part of a series on the Our Digital Future report, our crowdsourced roadmap for Free Expression that proposes fair and balanced copyright reform for the 21st…