Internet Insider: The TPP's Internet Censorship plan exposed, and check out our new Election Report Card
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INTERNET INSIDER
October 9th, 2015
... Big news this week, folks - after years of super-secretive negotiations, the Trans-Pacific Partnership has finally been announced. Despite this, negotiators refused to reveal the full text of the deal, potentially denying Canadians the opportunity to cast an informed vote on the deal at the upcoming elections.
Thankfully, Wikileaks has stepped in and revealed the full text of the TPP's Intellectual Property chapter - and it's much, much worse than we thought. Canada's government has abandoned its "made in Canada" approach to balanced copyright, and instead caved on a wide range of issues, posing a grave threat to our Internet freedom.
The leaked text confirms that Canada has caved in and agreed to 20-year copyright term extensions, new rules to induce ISPs to block websites, and even criminal penalties for the circumvention of digital locks. What's worse - all this was done in complete secrecy, behind our backs, and with the government hoping the full deal wouldn't be revealed until after the election.
In other big news this week, your OpenMedia team has released our Election Report Card, grading each of the main parties as to where they stand on key Internet freedom issues like privacy, affordable access, and the TPP. Check it out at OurDigitalFuture.ca/Report
One artist's take on what the TPP means for our Internet freedoms. Speak up right now at StopTheSecrecy.net to tell the government we won't take this lying down. (image courtesy of Edd Uluschak - Deetectee Microsystems Inc)
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