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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. Frist! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    Don't forget, we're putting covers on our TPP reports before we send them out now.

  2. Re:It's official, you all live in a Dictatorship by wardrich86 · · Score: 3, Funny

    Pff, 1%ers don't surf the regular web. I call shens. Shouldn't you be on like... Billiondollardot or something? haha