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p.MsoNormal,p.MsoNoSpacing{margin:0}</style></head><body><div id="magicdomid57" class="primary-author-a-z86z0bz86zz82zy0e9z90zz80zz73zqz78zwn"><span class="author-a-z86z0bz86zz82zy0e9z90zz80zz73zqz78zwn comment c-file comment c-files comment c-message comment c-pillow comment c-scrollbar comment c-virtual">Dear all:</span><br></div><div id="magicdomid58" class="primary-author-a-z86z0bz86zz82zy0e9z90zz80zz73zqz78zwn"><span class="author-a-z86z0bz86zz82zy0e9z90zz80zz73zqz78zwn"> </span><br></div><div id="magicdomid59" class="primary-author-a-z86z0bz86zz82zy0e9z90zz80zz73zqz78zwn"><span class="author-a-z86z0bz86zz82zy0e9z90zz80zz73zqz78zwn">I hope this email find you well and healthy. Apologies for cross-posting.</span><br></div><div id="magicdomid60" class="primary-author-a-z86z0bz86zz82zy0e9z90zz80zz73zqz78zwn"><span class="author-a-z86z0bz86zz82zy0e9z90zz80zz73zqz78zwn"> </span><br></div><div id="magicdomid61" class="primary-author-a-z86z0bz86zz82zy0e9z90zz80zz73zqz78zwn"><span class="author-a-z86z0bz86zz82zy0e9z90zz80zz73zqz78zwn">I </span><span class="author-a-7hxz69zz88z59n41tz75ziulx">am reaching you to request your support. A</span><span class="author-a-z86z0bz86zz82zy0e9z90zz80zz73zqz78zwn"> couple of weeks ago, the Mexican Congress approved some changes to the federal copyright regime in implementation of the Agreement between United States-Canada-Mexico Free Trade Agreement (USMCA). The changes are </span><span class="author-a-7hxz69zz88z59n41tz75ziulx">problematic from rights of users perspective and impact in the exercise of human rights</span><span class="author-a-z86z0bz86zz82zy0e9z90zz80zz73zqz78zwn">, and were approved without adequate debate, justification, and without even using the flexibility within the USMCA to lessen their </span><span class="author-a-7hxz69zz88z59n41tz75ziulx">potencial </span><span class="author-a-z86z0bz86zz82zy0e9z90zz80zz73zqz78zwn">harm to fundamental human rights and to the Mexican economy. </span><br></div><div id="magicdomid62" class="primary-author-a-z86z0bz86zz82zy0e9z90zz80zz73zqz78zwn"><span class="author-a-z86z0bz86zz82zy0e9z90zz80zz73zqz78zwn"> </span><br></div><div id="magicdomid63" class="primary-author-a-7hxz69zz88z59n41tz75ziulx"><span class="author-a-z86z0bz86zz82zy0e9z90zz80zz73zqz78zwn">Derechos Digitales and EFF have prepared a public declaration to bring attention to this issue, and as a display of solidarity with the people and organizations behind the "Ni Censura Ni Candados" campaign in Mexico, and their efforts to stop this harmful reform.</span><span class="author-a-7hxz69zz88z59n41tz75ziulx"> The local organizations have confronted cricism in Mexico that acuse them to not been well informed about the potencial impacts of the recent reforms and we believe their local advocacy work would benefit from the support of international CSOs and Academics that have been working in the last 20 years with similar Copyright issues to what they are currently confronting following the maximalist Copyright protection approach historicaly led by the US.</span><br></div><div id="magicdomid64" class="primary-none"><br></div><div id="magicdomid65" class="primary-author-a-z86z0bz86zz82zy0e9z90zz80zz73zqz78zwn"><span class="author-a-z86z0bz86zz82zy0e9z90zz80zz73zqz78zwn"> If you and your organizations could sign the declaration, that would be greatly appreciated.</span><br></div><div id="magicdomid66" class="primary-author-a-z86z0bz86zz82zy0e9z90zz80zz73zqz78zwn"><span class="author-a-z86z0bz86zz82zy0e9z90zz80zz73zqz78zwn"> </span><br></div><div id="magicdomid67" class="primary-author-a-z86z0bz86zz82zy0e9z90zz80zz73zqz78zwn"><span class="author-a-z86z0bz86zz82zy0e9z90zz80zz73zqz78zwn">I’m attaching the declaration to this email, and you can also read it here </span><span class="author-a-z86z0bz86zz82zy0e9z90zz80zz73zqz78zwn url"><a href="https://www.derechosdigitales.org/wp-content/uploads/USMCA-MEX.pdf">https://www.derechosdigitales.org/wp-content/uploads/USMCA-MEX.pdf</a></span><br></div><div id="magicdomid68" class="primary-author-a-z86z0bz86zz82zy0e9z90zz80zz73zqz78zwn"><span class="author-a-z86z0bz86zz82zy0e9z90zz80zz73zqz78zwn"> </span><br></div><div id="magicdomid69" class="primary-author-a-z86z0bz86zz82zy0e9z90zz80zz73zqz78zwn"><span class="author-a-z86z0bz86zz82zy0e9z90zz80zz73zqz78zwn"> If you wish to sign the declaration, please do it here. </span><span class="author-a-z86z0bz86zz82zy0e9z90zz80zz73zqz78zwn url"><a href="https://www.derechosdigitales.org/usmca-mexico/">https://www.derechosdigitales.org/usmca-mexico/</a></span><br></div><div id="magicdomid70" class="primary-author-a-z86z0bz86zz82zy0e9z90zz80zz73zqz78zwn"><span class="author-a-z86z0bz86zz82zy0e9z90zz80zz73zqz78zwn"> </span><br></div><div id="magicdomid71" class="primary-author-a-z86z0bz86zz82zy0e9z90zz80zz73zqz78zwn"><span class="author-a-z86z0bz86zz82zy0e9z90zz80zz73zqz78zwn"> Thank you very much,</span><br></div><div id="magicdomid71" class="primary-author-a-z86z0bz86zz82zy0e9z90zz80zz73zqz78zwn"><br></div><div id="magicdomid71" class="primary-author-a-z86z0bz86zz82zy0e9z90zz80zz73zqz78zwn"><span class="author-a-z86z0bz86zz82zy0e9z90zz80zz73zqz78zwn">JC</span><br></div><div><br></div><div id="sig27906509"><div><b>J. Carlos Lara G.</b><br></div><div>Director de Investigación y Políticas Públicas<br></div><div><b>Derechos Digitales</b> | derechosdigitales.org<br></div><div><span style="font-size:10px;" class="size">F666 E3B5 07A9 AD69 BE54 605F C1D6 6F9C EDE9 E479</span><br></div><div><br></div><div><span style="font-size:10px;" class="size"><span style="color:rgb(128, 128, 128);" class="colour">La información contenida en este mensaje y en cualquier documento enviado adjunto es confidencial. Si lo ha recibido por error, o no es la destinataria original, tenga a bien eliminarlo e informarnos a info@derechosdigitales.org. Gracias.</span></span><span style="color:rgb(128, 128, 128);" class="colour"></span><br></div><div><span style="font-size:10px;" class="size"><span style="color:rgb(128, 128, 128);" class="colour">The information contained in this message and any attached document is confidential. 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