<div dir="ltr"><br><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Shlomi Fish</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:shlomif@shlomifish.org">shlomif@shlomifish.org</a>></span><br>Date: Wed, Nov 25, 2015 at 9:29 AM<br>Subject: Fw: Just say no to TPP<br>To: <a href="mailto:shlomif@gmail.com">shlomif@gmail.com</a><br><br><br><br>
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Date: Tue, 24 Nov 2015 12:08:27 -0600<br>
From: "Creative Commons" <<a href="mailto:info@creativecommons.org">info@creativecommons.org</a>><br>
To: Shlomi Fish <<a href="mailto:shlomif@shlomifish.org">shlomif@shlomifish.org</a>><br>
Subject: Just say no to TPP<br>
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Creative Commons<br>
After five years of secret negotiations between governments and corporate<br>
lobbyists, the public has finally seen the text of the Trans-Pacific<br>
Partnership (TPP), and the details are bad.<br>
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The provisions covering intellectual property directly threaten the public<br>
interest and the commons. We believe the TPP should be rejected, and we need<br>
everyone opposed to this attack on the commons to stand with us.<br>
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Add your name to oppose the TPP!<br>
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The TPP increases the term of copyright an additional 20 years for half of the<br>
participating countries. This makes no sense. Copyright already lasts far<br>
longer than is necessary—life of the author plus 50 years in most parts of the<br>
world.<br>
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And extending copyright has real costs. New Zealand estimates that lengthening<br>
copyright will cost the public $55 million per year. In Canada, it could exceed<br>
$100 million per year.<br>
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The public is losing out when millions of creative works are kept locked up<br>
under copyright instead of rising into the public domain, where they can be<br>
used freely by anyone.<br>
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It’s not too late to make your voice heard. The participating governments now<br>
have to decide whether to ratify it.<br>
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We think the TPP should be rejected. Do you agree?<br>
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Only a groundswell of opposition can stop the TPP, and it starts with your<br>
signature and comments against the harmful TPP. Sign today!<br>
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