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EFF: the Final Leaked TPP Text Is All That We Feared (eff.org)

Posted by Soulskill on from the i-don't-remember-voting-for-this dept.

An anonymous reader writes: Wikileaks has released the finalized Intellectual Property text of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), which international negotiators agreed upon a few days ago. Unfortunately, it contains many of the consumer-hostile provisions that so many organizations spoke out against beforehand. This includes the extension of the copyright term to life plus 70 years, and a ban on the circumvention of DRM. The EFF says, "If you dig deeper, you'll notice that all of the provisions that recognize the rights of the public are non-binding, whereas almost everything that benefits rightsholders is binding. That paragraph on the public domain, for example, used to be much stronger in the first leaked draft, with specific obligations to identify, preserve and promote access to public domain material. All of that has now been lost in favor of a feeble, feel-good platitude that imposes no concrete obligations on the TPP parties whatsoever." The EFF walks us through all the other awful provisions as well — it's quite a lengthy analysis.

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  1. Re:Your laws ignore my rights by swm · · Score: 5, Informative

    Economix explains the Trans-Pacific Partnership
    http://economixcomix.com/home/...

  2. To me, the U.S. government seems corrupt. by Futurepower(R) · · Score: 5, Informative

    "90% of the things I buy to live (Food, Toiletries, shelter) are owned and made by 13 companies."

    It seems that the U.S. government now only helps rich people become richer. There is no democracy.

    Companies That Control the World's Food (That is the 2nd page of the article.)

    Food Processing's top 100

  3. Re:Kill it with fire! by ArmoredDragon · · Score: 4, Informative

    When it comes to treaties, the house of senate has to approve it, whereas the house of represenatives has no say in it.

  4. Re:Your laws ignore my rights by fnj · · Score: 4, Informative

    I don't believe you understand cynicism and sarcasm.

    No offense, but maybe if you get pounded on the head enough you will understand that cynicism and sarcasm is very, very hard to pull off effectively in person with tonal and visual cues, and all but impossible on the printed page. My most friendly advice is to avoid trying it. It doesn't work.

  5. Re:Ha by JustAnotherOldGuy · · Score: 4, Informative

    I'm voting Sanders. He's had 30 years of consistent messaging. Finally a third party in the white house.

    Same here, and his record of consistency is one of the reasons. He voted against the war AND against the PATRIOT act.

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    I'm excited at that possibility.

    Me too...can't wait for it to happen.

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