[Advisors] Our fair deal -- TPP and copyright

Kevin Battersby kevin at battersby.net
Sat Feb 8 16:10:36 PST 2014


Hello,

I would say yes, please sign it.

For whatever good that will do given our current Conservative governments record 
for ignoring Canadians and operating in secrecy.

On February 8, 2014, Marita Moll wrote:
> Hello advisors.  I just came across this international campaign to
> object to the TPP.  There are peer-organizations from around the world.
> But this has never come up at TC.  Should we join?
>
>  From the site
>
> "Right now an international agreement called the Trans-Pacific
> Partnership (TPP) is being negotiated by Australia, Brunei, Canada,
> Chile, Japan, Peru, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Singapore, Vietnam,
> and the United States. The changes to copyright required by the TPP
> would reduce our access to information and restrict our ability to
> innovate, both on and offline.
>
> Changing our copyright laws in ways that restrict the open Internet and
> economic opportunity are unfair to citizens, businesses, creators, and
> civil society organizations. Not only could such changes raise prices
> for users of copyright works, but they could also stifle our knowledge
> economy and chill innovation."
>
> Further detail available here:  http://ourfairdeal.org/
>
> Marita
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