The New Zealand government is not supportive of Canada’s entry into the Trans Pacific Partnership negotiations. The NZ concern reportedly involves supply management policies in Canada.
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The Day the Internet Fought Back
More impressive were the number of people who took action. Eight million Wikipedia visitors looked up contact information for their elected representatives, seven million people signed a Google petition, and Engine Advocacy reported that it was completing 2,000 phone calls per second to local members of Congress.
The protest launched a political earthquake as previously supportive politicians raced for the exits. According to ProPublica, the day before the protest, 80 members of Congress supported the legislation and 31 opposed. Two days later, there were only 63 supporters and 122 opposed.
The SOPA protest ranks as the largest online action to date, but it was foreshadowed by similar developments around the world.
The TPP Impact on New Zealand’s Public Domain
Gareth Hughes, a New Zealand Green Party MP, has posted on the impact of extending the term of copyright in New Zealand from life plus 50 years to life plus 70 years as demanded by the Trans Pacific Partnership. Hughes calls attention to many leading NZ works that would be […]
Chilean and NZ Proposals for TPP IP Chapter: Counter IP Abuse, Support Public Domain
The Chilean and New Zealand proposals for the intellectual property chapter in the Trans-Pacific Partnership have leaked (Canada has been excluded from the talks so far). The leaks demonstrate how much different many other countries view the inclusion of IP in trade agreements when compared to the U.S. and Europe. […]
NZ ACTA Meeting Agenda Leaks: Time for Crime, Not Much For Transparency
The draft agenda for the upcoming New Zealand ACTA meeting has leaked along with information on negotiating venue and other logistical details. The agenda commits a full day for each of border measures, Internet enforcement, criminal measures, and civil enforcement. The final day – the meeting is a record five […]