Speech to NetHui
Speech – New Zealand Labour Party About 7 or so years ago I was the head of the UN’s Humanitarian office in Jerusalem.
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Nethui 2012: Copyright Plenary With David Farrar
Article – Nethui Live Notes We don’t have to seek consensus, we don’t have to write the new © act, this is just about identifying issues that should be looked at in the review of the © Act so people at the appropriate time next year can take submissions and have that …
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Remarks With Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh After Meeting
Press Release – US State Department SECRETARY CLINTON: Thank you very much, Foreign Minister Minh, for your warm welcome today. It’s wonderful being back in Vietnam, and I appreciate this opportunity to reaffirm the growing and mutually beneficial partnership between our two nations.
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Fair Deal coalition draws attention to copyright changes
Press Release – Internet NZ Today, a coalition of New Zealand organisations concerned about changes to New Zealand’s copyright law under the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) will gather to launch the Fair Deal cause. Fairdeal.net.nz is a place for New Zealanders to go to learn more …
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ISOC: Call for Open and International Dialogue for TPPA
Press Release – Internet Society The Internet Society welcomes the European Parliament’s rejection of the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) as a strong message in favour of open and transparent processes in negotiations dealing with policy issues pertaining to the Internet. The vote followed …
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Australian, NZ and US Unrest over Canada’s Inclusion in TPP
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 …
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Background Briefing En Route to Mongolia
Press Release – US State Department MODERATOR: All right, everybody. We are en route from Tokyo to Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, starting the leg of this trip which is focused intensively on the Asia pivot. We have with us [Senior State Department Official], hereafter known as Senior State …
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Live Video: NetHui – 11 to 13 July 2012
Article – r2.co.nz NetHui brings together the many different sectors and communities with an interest in the Internet to discuss the hot issues, network with each other, and provide a fertile ground for collaboration.
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Remarks With Foreign Minister Koichiro Gemba
Press Release – US State Department MODERATOR: (Via interpreter) Ladies and gentlemen, we would like to commence the press conference with Minister Gemba and Secretary Clinton. First of all Minister Gemba will speak, and then Secretary Clinton will follow.
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Briefing to Minister Questions Copyright “Balance”
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, …
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Halal Export Opportunity Makes GE-Free Policy Vital
Press Release – GE Free NZ New Zealand risks missing out on the trillion dollar market for halal foods unless the government establishes nationwide protectiion of our GM-free status.
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Discussion online about Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement
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 …
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