culture
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9-Apr-2018 Creative Commons
Copyright in Mercosur-EU trade agreement: A little better, but mostly worse
While it’s positive that at least the parties are coming to the conclusion to forego the gratuitous copyright term extension, most of the changes in the consolidated text show a continued tightening of copyright protections that favor incumbent rights holders at the expense of users and the commons.
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1-Feb-2018 La Presse
Partenariat transpacifique: Ottawa pourra faire du «protectionnisme» culturel
Le Canada pourra « adopter ou maintenir des exigences discriminatoires » en vue de favoriser son secteur culturel dans la nouvelle mouture du Partenariat transpacifique.
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18-Jan-2018 Nikkei
Canada is the great unknown as TPP 11 talks near goal
Cultural and auto issues remain obstacles to reviving Pacific trade pact.
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23-Sep-2017 Creative Commons
EU-Mercosur trade agreement would harm user rights and the commons
The EU-Mercosur FTA is expansive, addressing trade in industrial and agricultural goods as well as intellectual property provisions such as copyrights and patents.
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21-Sep-2017 Politico
Music groups push USTR on NAFTA copyright agenda
A coalition of more than 20 music groups are urging U.S. trade negotiators to look beyond U.S. law to forge stronger copyright protections in a new NAFTA.
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15-Sep-2017 ONFR
Exception culturelle: l’Ontario aussi prête à se battre
L’Ontario estime qu’il ne faut pas toucher à la clause d’exception culturelle incluse dans l’ALENA et qui permet notamment aux gouvernements de subventionner la culture, en toute liberté.
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28-Jul-2017 Live Law
RCEP IP chapter: A serious threat to access to knowledge/cultural goods?
RCEP stands to adversely affect nearly half of the world’s population on areas like access to knowledge and access to medicines. We would like to highlight five issues related to access to knowledge/cultural goods, based on the leaked IP chapter.
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9-Jun-2017 Le Devoir
La réouverture de l’ALENA inquiète le milieu culturel
La renégociation de l’ALENA met en péril le rayonnement des industries culturelles québécoise et canadienne des dernières années.
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12-Oct-2016 ALAINET
Los Pueblos Indígenas del México contemporáneo: entre la resistencia organizada y la exclusión-discriminación estructural
Los pueblos indígenas encarnan dos procesos contradictorios y opuestos, pero relacionados entre sí.
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22-Jul-2016 The Hill
Musicians, actors set to campaign against the Pacific trade deal
A group of entertainers is hitting the road to kick off a campaign to build opposition against a Pacific trade agreement.
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7-Jun-2016 Le Devoir
Partenariat transpacifique: bombe sur la culture
Les négociateurs canadiens ont donné de grands avantages aux multinationales du Web, ce qui risque d’avoir des conséquences fâcheuses sur notre production et de limiter la diversité culturelle.
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31-May-2016 Rebelión
TTIP: en torno a cultura e internet
Aunque el proyecto de acuerdo también trata sobre el desmantelamiento de algunos aranceles, su contenido preferente reza al fondo sobre intangibles de gran importancia: la seguridad alimentaria; la desregulación de la competencia; la soberanía popular, legislativa y de los sistemas nacionales de justicia frente a tribunales internacionales de arbitraje.
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14-Mar-2016 China.org.cn
Les ZLE changent la Chine
Depuis l’établissement des zones de libre-échange, la facilitation du commerce avec l’extérieur a attiré de plus en plus d’entreprises à capitaux étrangers.
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3-Mar-2016 Viet Nam News
Revisions needed in IP compliance
Revision of the legal framework on intellectual property is recommended to ensure compliance with the EU – Viet Nam Free Trade Agreement.
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24-Feb-2016 The Mainichi
Copyright revisions under TPP must take cultural development into consideration
If copyrights are excessively protected, it could hinder creative work. Some people have expressed concerns that this could have a chilling effect on creators.
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15-Feb-2016 Huffington Post
I am an artist and I want to stop TTIP
Artists Against TTIP wants to work with actors, writers and directors to make films that help more and more people understand what TTIP is - and how toxic it is to our health, our environment and our democracy.
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4-Feb-2016 Electronic Frontier Foundation
Trade officials sign the TPP but it’s still up to lawmakers to reject it
While trade leaders tout the signature of the agreement today, the TPP continues to attract international criticism.
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9-Dec-2015 Electronic Frontier Foundation
How the TPP will affect you and your digital rights
By excluding a large sector of communities—like security researchers, artists, libraries, and user rights groups—trade negotiators skewed the priorities of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) towards major tech companies and copyright industries.
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19-Nov-2015 The Japan Times
Japan to strengthen copyright protections in light of TPP
The Cultural Affairs Agency is considering revising the copyright laws after Japan and 11 other countries agreed to strengthen protection of intellectual property rights as part of the Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement.
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17-Nov-2015 The Clinic
TPP, cultura avasallada
En los doce países suscriptores se acumulan los cuestionamientos al secretismo de los gobiernos por el Transpacific Partnership Agreement (TPP). Es, más que un acuerdo comercial, un compromiso geopolítico y de políticas económicas, que afecta especialmente a algunos sectores, dentro de los cuales está la cultura.
