Lobbyists meeting on “challenging” issue of Internet censorship

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Lobbyists and government representatives from a dozen countries are meeting in Peru at this very moment to “accelerate” their work on the TPP’s Internet censorship rules. We’re firing back by launching a special international coalition called Our Fair Deal to stop those who want to criminalize and censor our use of the Internet. We hope we can count on you to join us.

Here’s a special update from your OpenMedia.org team.

New reports state that you’ve made Internet censorship a “challenging” issue for those behind the extreme Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement.1 In response, lobbyists and government representatives from a dozen countries are meeting in Peru at this very moment to “accelerate” the secretive process.2

So, today we’re launching a new international coalition called Our Fair Deal. You can be a founding member and stand against Internet censorship at this unique moment by signing onto our statement of principle: “We reject copyright proposals that restrict the open Internet, access to knowledge, economic opportunity, and our fundamental rights.”

The Big Media lobby is throwing everything they have at us.3We can’t let these lobbyists manipulate our government representatives and ruin our future.

We have coalition partners on the ground in Peru who will speak directly to the TPP “negotiators”, but in order to have leverage they need to show they have large numbers behind them.

Building the 'Our Fair Deal' coalition is our only chance to stop Big Media from censoring and criminalizing the web. Click here -- OurFairDeal.org -- to join us now before it’s too late.

– Steve, Josh and Lindsey on behalf of your OpenMedia team

Footnotes

[1] & [2] USTR: IPRs Among “Most Challenging” Issues as TPP Talks Accelerate. Source: Intellectual Property Watch.

[3] Disney is trying to use the TPP to increase its control over how we access content. Source: Computer World.

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