Column – Gordon Campbell A few days ago, Google finally and comprehensively won a very long-running case brought against it by the Authors Guild which had claimed that Googles Book Project which operates as a digital library catalogue with a few snippets of content …
Gordon Campbell on copyright, the Authors Guild case & TPP Read More »
Press Release – Wikileaks Today, 9 October, 2015 WikiLeaks releases the final negotiated text for the TPP (Trans-Pacific Partnership) Intellectual Property Rights Chapter. The TPP encompasses 12 nations representing more than 40 per cent of global GDP. Despite a final agreement, the …
TPP Treaty: Intellectual Property Rights Chapter Released Read More »
Article – Scoop Full Coverage Announcements, reaction and commentary on the signing of the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade deal and initial agreement details from NZ and the world.
Scoop Coverage: TPPA Deal Reached Read More »
Column – Gordon Campbell If the TPP was the Rugby World Cup, the New Zealand team probably wouldnt be making it out of pool play. While the final details will not emerge for a month, the TPP is offering disappointing returns for New Zealand and over a very long …
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Press Release – Electronic Frontier Foundation Copyright restricts all kinds of important, everyday uses of creative workseven worse, these strict rules last nearly two lifetimes for any given work. We are fighting to reform and push back against these restrictions in the secret Trans-Pacific Partnership …
Open Letter Calls on TPP Negotiators to Stand up for users Read More »
Press Release – Knowledge Ecology International Washington, DC Today, August 4, 2015, Knowledge Ecology International (KEI) released text from three sections of the 95page secret negotiating text on the Intellectual Property Chapter being used in the TransPacific Partnership Agreement (TPP, sometimes …
Knowledge Ecology Leaks TPP Text on Intellectual Property Read More »
Column – Gordon Campbell While rapid change is always possibl e in trade talks as they approach the deadline, lets assume that the offers on the table for dairy at the TPP talks in Maui wont improve much beyond the appallingly bad level currently being lamented by New …
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Press Release – New Zealand Labour Party The Labour Party will not support the Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement unless key protections for New Zealanders are met, Opposition leader Andrew Little says. Labour supports free trade. However, we will not support a TPP agreement that …
Labour will not support TPP if it undermines NZ sovereignty Read More »
Press Release – Delia Shanly Controversial rhythm and blues musician Darren Watson has a new single out. From April 24th I Got Your Office Right Here can be bought at http://darrenwatson.bandcamp.com with a video version available on YouTube at http://youtu.be/GQrmbxtr09k.
New Single From ‘Planet Key’ Songwriter Darren Watson Read More »
Column – Gordon Campbell It hasnt been a great year for Trade Minister Tim Groser. The Trans Pacific Partnership deal has been deadlocked all year, amidst increasingly desperate attempts to jawbone it towards the finishing line.
Gordon Campbell on Australia scoring trade points with China Read More »
Column – Gordon Campbell If the Trans Pacific Partnership trade deal wasnt such a serious matter, this would be pretty funny. Heres Trade Minister Tim Groser on RNZ this morning: The finish line for the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade agreement is in sight after …
Gordon Campbell on the TPP finishing line, and Amazon’s woes Read More »
Column – Gordon Campbell Ridiculous reported comments on RNZ this morning by Trade Minister Tim Groser, as he sought to dampen down concerns about yesterdays leaked draft of the IP chapter of ther Trans Pacific Partnership negotiations.
Gordon Campbell on Pharmac, Gough Whitlam and Sleater-Kinney Read More »
