In December, we wrote asking about joining a letter on copyright term in the Trans-Pacific Partnership, which signed after consulting with this group.[1] Unfortunately, current drafts of the TPP apparently still contain similar language, as well as language that would threaten intermediary liability protections.

There is a meeting on Wednesday in Canada between negotiators of the TPP, so we've been asked to join two new letters restating our opposition to these changes (one letter for term limits and one for intermediary liability).

These letters are being coordinated through Our Fair Deal. Our Fair Deal is a coalition of authors and groups focused on opposing negative changes to copyright (like term length and intermediary liability) in TPP. You can read more about them at ourfairdeal.org. 

Given the previous discussion on this list, we plan to sign on to the letters (whose deadline is Sunday night, Pacific). We also think it makes sense to join the Our Fair Deal campaign, since protecting the public domain is critical to our mission of distributing free and public domain content, and the impact of the TPP could be substantial, both within the US and more globally. Does this group have any thoughts on joining the campaign?

Thanks-

Luis

[1] http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/advocacy_advisors/2013-December/000289.html