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PIAC and CIPPIC Join International Civil Society Groups in Declining to Endorse OECD Principles on Internet Policy Making
Thursday, Jun 30, 2011OTTAWA – June 30, 2011. The Public Interest Advocacy Centre and the Samuelson-Glushko Canadian Internet Policy & Public Interest Clinic, as part of a coalition of more than 80 civil society groups, have declined from endorsing a set of Internet Policy Principles presented by the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). Intended to instill consistency in International ...
Civil Society Coalition Declines to Endorse OECD Communiqué on Principles for Internet Policy-Making; Urges OECD to Reject “Voluntary” Steps For Filtering and Blocking of Online Content
Tuesday, Jun 28, 2011Download File: csisac_press_release_0628011_final_1.pdf [size: 0.09 mb] CSISAC Press Release 06282011 Paris – The Civil Society Information Society Advisory Council to the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (CSISAC) today declined to endorse an OECD Communiqué on Internet Policy-making principles. CSISAC believes that the Communiqué, which was presented today at ...
Media Release: Canadian Consumer Groups Call for Copyright Laws that Put Canada First
Thursday, Jun 05, 2008(June 5, 2008, Ottawa, Ontario) A coalition of Canadian consumer advocates has released an open letter to Canada’s ministers responsible for Canadian copyright policy calling on the Canadian government to ensure that any changes to Canada’s copyright laws put Canadian consumers first. The coalition of leading consumer groups, representing thousands of Canadian consumers, includes Union des ...
Canadian Consumer Groups Release Copyright White Paper
Thursday, Jun 05, 2008(June 5, 2008, Ottawa, Ontario) Members of a large coalition of Canadian consumer advocates released an open letter today to Canada’s ministers responsible for Canadian copyright policy. This letter is concerning a White Paper on Canadian Consumer Copyright policy the groups have published. White Paper participants include Option consommateurs, the Public Interest Advocacy Centre (PIAC), the ...
Letter to Ministers of Industry and Heritage Regarding Copyright Policy
Thursday, Jun 05, 2008Members of a large coalition of Canadian consumer advocates released an open letter today to Canada’s ministers responsible for Canadian copyright policy. This letter is concerning a White Paper on Canadian Consumer Copyright policy the groups have published. White Paper participants include Option consommateurs, the Public Interest Advocacy Centre (PIAC), the Canadian Internet Policy and ...