Still working to recover. Please don't edit quite yet.
OpenMedia.ca
 | |
| Formation | 2008 by Steve Anderson |
|---|---|
| Purpose/focus | Media Access, Advocacy and Education |
| Headquarters | Vancouver, Canada |
| Key people | Steve Anderson, Lindsey Pinto, Reilly Yeo |
| Website | http://www.openmedia.ca/ |
The language in this article is positive and promotional. If you can remove the promotion while leaving it positive, fine. Otherwise, hands off. AP is not going to fade away to a bland gray
OpenMedia.ca is a Canadian non-partisan, non-profit organization working to encourage open and innovative communication systems within Canada. Their mission is "to advance and support a media communications system in Canada that adheres to the principles of access, choice, diversity, innovation and openness."[1] They work to engage, educate and empower citizens through online campaigns, participatory events, school presentations and work shops. Openmedia.ca was founded by Steve Anderson in 2008, and is assisted by Communications Manager, Lindsey Pinto.
Contents
Activities[edit]
SaveOurNet.ca[edit]
| This article contains content from Wikipedia An article on this subject has been nominated for deletion on Wikipedia: Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/ OpenMedia.ca Current versions of the GNU FDL article on WP may contain information useful to the improvement of this article |
WP+ NO DEL |
OpenMedia.ca are the primary organizers behind the SaveOurNet.ca coalition, whose aim is to protect openness, choice, and access for Canada's Internet.[2]
StopTheMeter.ca[edit]
Most recently they have spearheaded the "StopTheMeter.ca" campaign against usage-based billing in Canada with an online petition that has been covered widely by Canadian media outlets.[3][4][5] The petition reached over 400,000 signatures and caused the CRTC to reexamine its decision on the way Canadians are billed for their Internet access.[6][7] It is the largest online appeal of its kind in Canadian history.[8] The petition was supported by Canadian Internet service providers affected by the ruling, such as TekSavvy,[9] which sent out invitations to sign to all of their customers.
Members of major political parties, like the Liberal Party of Canada,[10] the New Democratic Party[11] went on the record as opposing usage-based billing and supporting net neutrality. Stephen Harper voiced concerns about "usage-based billing and its impact on consumers" over Twitter.[12]
As of February the 11th, 2011 more then 463,000 Canadians have signed the http://stopthemeter.ca petition.
FreshMedia.me[edit]
They are also the force behind the FreshMedia initiative, which celebrates innovative and independent media.[13] FreshMedia.me aims to:
- Ignite a national conversation to re-imagine media and journalism in Canada.
- Celebrate the exciting and innovative experiments in independent and public media currently underway.
- Develop a crowd-sourced plan to support innovative and quality media and independent journalism.[14]
See Also[edit]
- Usage-based billing (WP) (currently a redirect]]
- Bandwidth cap (WP)
References[edit]
- ↑ http://openmedia.ca/about-us
- ↑ http://www.saveournet.ca/
- ↑ http://stopthemeter.ca/
- ↑ http://www.montrealgazette.com/technology/Usage+based+method+fair+Internet+billing+Bell/4264941/story.html
- ↑ http://www.cbc.ca/news/pointofview/2011/01/usage-based-billing-what-do-you-think-of-the-crtc-ruling.html
- ↑ http://thetyee.ca/Mediacheck/2011/01/26/InternetLosers/
- ↑ http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2011/02/03/crtc-committee.html
- ↑ http://vancouver.24hrs.ca/News/local/2011/01/31/17104536.html
- ↑ http://www.teksavvynews.com/article_view.php?id=22
- ↑ http://www.liberal.ca/ubb/
- ↑ http://www.ndp.ca/press/canadians-lose-out-with-internet-metered-billing
- ↑ http://twitter.com/pmharper/status/32526091855863808 Twitter. "I've asked for a review of the decision" - Stephen Harper
- ↑ http://freshmedia.me/
- ↑ http://aboutfreshmedia.tumblr.com/
