http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/nov/13/trans-pacific-paternership-intellectual-property
https://wikileaks.org/tpp/pressrelease.html
"This treaty has been negotiated in secret meetings dominated by governments and
corporations. You and I have been systematically excluded, and once you learn
what they're doing, you can see why.
The outsiders who
understand TPP best aren't surprised. That is, the draft "confirms fears that
the negotiating parties are prepared to expand the reach of intellectual
property rights, and shrink consumer rights and safeguards," writes James Love a longtime
watcher of this process.
Needless to say, copyright
is a key part of this draft. And the negotiators would further stiffen copyright
holders' control while upping the ante on civil and criminal penalties for
infringers. The Electronic Frontier Foundation says TPP has "extensive negative
ramifications for users' freedom of speech, right to privacy and due process,
and hinder peoples' abilities to innovate"."
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