via Maira Sutton, Global Policy Analyst, Electronic Frontier Foundation
Electronic Frontier Foundation - www.eff.org
Hi there,
A lot has happened on the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) front these past couple months. There was another major leak of a recent draft of the TPP’s Intellectual Property chapter that confirmed that many of the most extreme copyright provisions are still there, and in some cases, have even gotten worse. It also showed that it included some new harmful language on “trade secrets” that could be used to crack down on journalists.
The TPP could be finalized in the coming months, and things are moving fast. That’s why we’d like to invite you to a public, online teach-in to hear representatives from several digital rights groups based in TPP countries share their analysis of the latest leaked text, as well as to lay out the current state of play of the negotiations. We’ll make sure there’s time at the end for users to ask us questions.
When the time comes, we’ll need to be ready to fight this agreement on a global front. So please join us on Nov 19, and help us spread the word about how TPP poses a threat to users’ rights.
When: November 19, 2014, 12pm Pacific / 3pm Eastern / 5pm Chile / 7am Australia EST / 9am New Zealand
Where: Google Hangout and streamed on Youtube (link to livestream will be provided here on the day of the event)
Who: Members of the TPP Fair Deal Coalition, including Electronic Frontier Foundation (US), Derechos Digitales (Chile), Consumer NZ (New Zealand), Public Citizen (US)
If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact me.
Cheers,
Maira
P.S. Make sure to check out some of our Fair Deal Coalition partners’ new TPP materials:
