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All 12 Member Countries Sign Off On the TPP (freezenet.ca)

Posted by yaelk on from the world-news dept.

Dangerous_Minds writes: News is surfacing that the TPP has officially been signed by all 12 member countries. This marks the beginning of the final step towards ratification. Freezenet has a quick rundown of what copyright provisions are contained in the agreement, including traffic shaping, site blocking, enforcement of copyright when infringement is "imminent," and a government mandate for ISPs to install backdoors for the purpose of tracking copyright infringement on the Internet.

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  1. Re: The Republicans are destroying our lives by WillAffleckUW · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    Republicans rule all three branches of our government so that doesn't matter.

    Correct. President Obama is what we would have describe as a Republican President until this century.

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