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[DMCA-Activists] WTO to Extend its Purview to Media
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Seth Johnson |
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[DMCA-Activists] WTO to Extend its Purview to Media |
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Fri, 29 Aug 2003 16:24:02 -0400 |
(Forwarded from National Federation of Community Broadcasters list)
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From: address@hidden
Date sent: Fri, 29 Aug 2003 15:34:01 EDT
Subject: [NFCB] WTO and Media
To: address@hidden
Please post to all media reform and global issues lists:
This September at the World Trade Organization (WTO) meeting in
Cancun, Mexico, the US Trade Representative will attempt to expand the
WTO's power over Communications and Audiovisual Services. This
includes film, radio, television, video, and music production, as well
as media distribution services such as satellite, cable and
broadcast.
The result could spell disaster for vibrant media systems worldwide:
US regulations that favor media diversity, localism and the public
interest could be attacked as "barriers to trade." Media ownership
limits, as well as Federal and state programs that encourage diverse
media, could be considered outright trade violations.
Please go to www.mediareform.net/global. Sign the petition. Pass it
along to others concerned with media or global issues. The petition
will be delivered to Congress shortly before the WTO meeting in mid-
September.
A massive wave of public pressure is essential to move Congress to
block Big Media's power grab at the WTO.
For more information, please go to www.mediareform.net
Thank you,
Robert McChesney
Free Press
www.mediareform.net
address@hidden
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