The TPP threatens Canada’s privacy, copyright and patent laws. Speak out now at StoptheSecrecy.net Article by Michael Geist for the Toronto Star The Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP), a proposed trade…
As the debates over the debates has raged on over the past several months, one thing is becoming increasingly clear. Journalists in Canada seem to be throwing out their duty…
stl_bigwin.jpg 75,000-strong Save The Link Campaign welcomes the rejection of proposal that could have resulted in severe repercussions for free speech online July 9, 2015 – Today the European Parliament…
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…
The so called freedom of panorama was included in MEP Julia Reda’s copyright report, but a troubling amendment voted it out. Speak out now to push back against those powerful…
The ‘c’ stands for corruption, corporatism, cowardice, and caged. Oh, and copyright… but I repeat myself. If a government employee were to go to your home and steal the flyers…
The internet we love is based on creators being able to freely, cheaply, and easily share their work. But the government’s decision to extend the term of copyright for sound…
The TPP gives industry lobbyists the power to sue our government in secret form tribunals over any law or regulation they claim affects their future profits. Speak out now at…
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…
No Big Industry interests were harmed in the making of this agreement. Article by Stuart Trew & Scott Sinclair by the National Observer As the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) negotiations slouch…
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…
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,…
“A snow job” – that’s the verdict of this Nobel Prize-winning economist on Obama’s efforts to sell his top-secret TPP. Article by Paul Krugman for The New York Times One…
Just as we thought, the copyright extension was nothing but a lobbied deal between Music Canada and Prime Minister Harper. Article by Michael Geist read more
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?…
Save the Link OG.png Legislators in European Parliament and Commission are considering updates to copyright proposals that would censor links for Internet users May 6, 2015 – A large network…
These are the missing stories from the 301 Blacklist, a U.S. report that bullies other countries to push them into adopting stronger intellectual property laws. Check it out! Article by…
The government appears to be making the final changes on intellectual property so it can get green light join the TPP block. Article by Justin Ling for National One small…
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Peter Ladner discusses why our tax and fiscal policies should be designed to reduce inequality – rather than exacerbating it as the…
We need Minister Moore to close the loophole that lets Big Media threaten Canadians with abusive copyright letters. Article by Ernesto for TorrentFreak Following the introduction of Canada’s notice and…
