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NAFTA 2.0 and Digital Rights: The Good, The Bad and The Worst

Last week Canada signed a rebranded NAFTA deal after months of suspense and secretive negotiations. But what does the deal mean for the Internet? Here’s the lowdown.
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New NAFTA agreement’s copyright rules will cost Canadians millions

This is a terrible deal for Canadians. These draconian copyright provisions must be rejected.

Who owns your tattoos? Copyright issues are all around us.

Ever wondered who owns the copyright to your tattoos?
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New NAFTA agreement would threaten Canadian digital rights if signed. Canada should fight back.

Monday’s announcement that the United States and Mexico had reached a tentative agreement on NAFTA has sent Canadian diplomats scrambling, and has digital rights advocates seriously concerned.
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What’s the problem with this “renegotiated” NAFTA?

This is what we would be looking at in terms of intellectual property (IP) if the treaty were to be signed.
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Your voices helped shape the new TPP

Yesterday Canada joined 10 other countries in reaching a deal on a reworked version of the TPP, suspending some Intellectual Property and ISDS (Investor State Dispute Settlement) provisions that would have had detrimental impacts on the open Internet. The work doesn't end here, but this win for the Internet community would have not been possible if it wasn't for you — so thank you for speaking out!

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