Tag Archives: Internet
Power & Reality Journal – Issue 4
OpenMedia warns about (now signed) TPP’s threat to Internet freedoms
Trans-Pacific Partnership countries announce agreement reached, posing serious threat to global Internet users By OpenMedia | 5 October 2015 Largest and most secretive agreement in the world’s history covers 40% of global trade and contains provisions to censor the Internet … Continue reading →
TPP (now signed Oct 5) believed to be a threat to Internet freedom
Hundreds of Tech Companies to Congress: TPP and Fast Track Harms Digital Innovation and Users’ Rights By Maira Sutton, eff.org | 20 May 2015 In a joint letter to Congress released today, more than 250 technology companies and user rights … Continue reading →
U.S. Congressional Research Service report on TPP
Congressional Research Service (US): The Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement | 12 December 2011 This 2011 report discusses many areas relating to government that are likely to be covered in the TPP based on what has been happening with related Pacific trade … Continue reading →
TPP: extreme IP provisions, including “data exclusivity” for medical research
U.S. Trade Position Protecting High Drug Prices Blasted By U.N. Agencies www.huffington, Zach Carter | 1 June 2012 A report issued by the U.N. Development Program and the anti-AIDS UNAIDS detailed a host of drug financing policies and intellectual property … Continue reading →
US Congressman Issa questions Obama on TPP, leaked IP text
Darrell Issa Questions Obama On Trans-Pacific Partnership, Leaks Key Text Of Trade Deal www.huffingtonpost.com, Zach Carter | 16 May 2012 . . . Issa [U.S. Congressman] published the entire intellectual property (IP) chapter of the Trans-Pacific agreement as drafted by … Continue reading →
Secret Trans-Pacific Partnership Talks (TPP )
Secret TPP Talks Continue at a Luxury Hotel in Hawaii as the Deal Grows More Controversial By Maira Sutton, Electronic Frontier Foundation | 28 July 2015 One of the concerns is the corporate push for excessive copyright terms. HT … Continue reading →
Google shows its teeth to Antiwar.com
Google Doubles Down: Demands Review of All Antiwar.com Content Google Disables All Ads on Antiwar.com (Updated) … Continue reading →
Alan Watt explains the context of Canadian Bill C-51 tyranny, including article by Canadian lawyer Clayton Ruby
Alan Watt | 22 March 2015 www.cuttingthroughthematrix.com Podcast Program-Related Links and my own comments: Call for a World Parliament reinforced at second Global Week of Action ‘Freedom in jeopardy’: Thousands rally across Canada against new anti-terror law CSIS highlights white … Continue reading →