Press Release – Royal New Zealand Foundation for the Blind The Royal New Zealand Foundation of the Blind (RNZFB) supports the launch of the Fair Deal cause to highlight the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) and its implications on copyright.
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Press Release – Joint Press Release The recent announcement at the G20 summit of Canada’s inclusion into the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) has got member countries the United States of America (US), New Zealand (NZ) and Australia up in arms over Canada’s open agricultural subsidisation …
Australian, NZ and US Unrest over Canada’s Inclusion in TPP Read More »
Article – Scoop News A recently-released briefing for the Minister of Communications and IT notes the economic importance of digital content creation and the concerns from from users that copyright laws “discourage the development of new digital content and innovation, …
Briefing to Minister Questions Copyright “Balance” Read More »
Press Release – Faultline Films The Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA) is a “free trade” agreement currently under negotiation between NZ and 8 other countries. Trade is only a minor part of the agreement. A Trans-Pacific Partnership would be an agreement that guarantees …
Discussion online about Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement Read More »
Press Release – Electronic Frontier Foundation The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative announced a new copyright proposal today for the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) negotiations. One part of the proposal is a “3-step test” that may restrict copyright exceptions like fair use.
Civil Society Groups on U.S. TPP Copyright Proposal Read More »
Press Release – Australian Fair Trade and Investment Network “We welcome the criticism of the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) by the Joint Standing Committee on Treaties, which has today released a report recommending a delay in ratification of the agreement,” Dr Patricia Ranald, Convenor of the …
Parliamentary Committee rejection of ACTA welcomed Read More »
Speech – New Zealand Government I would like to start with a small reflective tribute to the late Sir Frank Holmes, an absolute stalwart of the PECC. This must be the first formal or informal PECC meeting I have attended in the last thirty years without Sir Frank being an integral …
Groser: TPP and New Zealand’s export future Read More »
Press Release – NZUS Council The announcement that Canada is joining the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) negotiations shows that progress is being made in building an open and inclusive agreement, said the NZUS Council.
NZUS Council welcomes Canada to TPP negotiations Read More »
Press Release – Professor Jane Kelsey “US plans to table a specific exception of tobacco contradict the government’s reassurances that a Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement would not restrict New Zealand’s right to introduce plain packaging or other tobacco control laws”, according to …
If Tobacco Policy Protected in TPP, Why a New US Exception Read More »
Press Release – Green Party Labour needs to explain why they are apparently siding with the National Government on the Trans Pacific Partnership agreement, Green Party Co-leader Dr Russel Norman said today.
Does Labour still want TPP talks to be open? Read More »
Press Release – NZ US Council Assertions that leaked Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) investor-state text threatens New Zealand sovereignty are overblown according to the NZUS Council.
Leaked investor state text is no threat to NZ sovereignty Read More »
Press Release – Professor Jane Kelsey Trade Minister Tim Groser told Radio New Zealand this morning that New Zealand will do nothing in the Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement that stops us now or any government in the future from regulating in public health and other legitimate public policy …
Professor Challenges Groser to Public Debate on TPP Rules Read More »
