[P2P-F] Fwd: [NetworkedLabour] 3/21/16 SF Forum: The Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) , Journalists & Democratic Communication Rights And The TPP Threat To Our Media and Rights On The Internet

[Michel Bauwens]

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(TPP) , Journalists & Democratic Communication Rights And The TPP Threat To
Our Media and Rights On The Internet
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3/21/16  SF Forum: The Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) , Journalists &
Democratic Communication Rights And The TPP Threat To Our Media and Rights
On The Internet

Pacific Media Workers Guild Educational Forum

The Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) , Journalists & Democratic
Communication Rights And The TPP Threat To Our Media and Rights On The
Internet

Monday March  21, 2016 7:00 PM
Bernal Library Community Room
500 Cortland St.
San Francisco


Speakers:
Maira  Sutton, Electronic Frontier Foundation Global Policy Analyst  She
has covered the topic extensively for the EFF
Richard Knee, freelance journalist, First Amendment activist and Pacific
Media Workers Guild Legislative and Political Committee Chair


Contained within the legal rules of the TPP are sections that would
seriously put into jeopardy the rights of reporters and the press.
These are just a few of its most dangerous pieces:

        • Compel ISPs to take down websites without any sort of court
order, just like SOPA.

        • Extend the US’s copyright regime to require copyrights stand for
life plus 70 years, preventing anyone from using works that belong in the
public domain.

        • Criminalize whistleblowing by extending trade secrets laws
without any mandatory exemptions for whistleblowers or investigative
journalists.

        • End anonymity online by forcing every domain name to be
associated with a real name and address.

        • Make it illegal to unlock, modify, or generally tinker with a
device you own.

        • Export the US’s broken copyright policies to the rest of the
world without expanding any of the free speech protections, like fair use.

These rules would become US law if the TPP is passed by the Congress. This
educational forum will look address how the TPP would threaten our
democratic rights and how it would harm the rights of the American people
to get the information that they need from a free press.


Sponsored by the Pacific Media Workers Guild (PMWG, The News Guild-CWA
Local 39521)
For more information on the forum
(415) 421-6833
www.mediaworkers.org
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