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EFF Delivers 210,000 Signatures Opposing Trans-Pacific Partnership (eff.org)
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"The TPP is simply bad for tech users and innovators," writes the Electronic Frontier Foundation, arguing the proposed trade agreement for the Pacific Rim "exports the most onerous parts of U.S. copyright law and prevents the U.S. from improving them in the future, while failing to include the balancing provisions that work for users and innovators, such as fair use." At a press conference, the EFF delivered 210,000 signatures gathered in conjunction with other activist groups "to call on Democratic Party Leader Nancy Pelosi to stop the Trans-Pacific Partnership from going to a vote during the 'lame duck' session of Congress following the November election."
More signatures are still being collected online, to be delivered on July 21. In a statement, the EFF adds that the TPP also "does nothing to safeguard the free and open Internet, by including phony provisions on net neutrality and encryption, trade secrets provisions that carry no exceptions for journalism or whistleblowing, and a simplistic ban on data localization...to buy off big tech."
More signatures are still being collected online, to be delivered on July 21. In a statement, the EFF adds that the TPP also "does nothing to safeguard the free and open Internet, by including phony provisions on net neutrality and encryption, trade secrets provisions that carry no exceptions for journalism or whistleblowing, and a simplistic ban on data localization...to buy off big tech."
Sure the TPP is wrong and evil, but Disney and others in Hollywood want it and have bought our political leaders, so it is going to happen.
I'm an American. I love this country and the freedoms that we used to have.
Just go vote.
This is not only a Democratic pillar, as your conservative candidate may also oppose this rendition of the treaty.
Happiness in intelligent people is the rarest thing I know.
Ernest Hemingway
our politicians only listen to dollars.
Most people think EFF is for all people, I am Canadian, I was going to donate, but this just proves they are for American interests only, not for interests of Canadians, Europeans, Asians.
Hillary as Sec of State worked to create TTP along with President Obama. And early in the election cycle fully supported it. It was only as Bernie started to cause her problems that she said she was against TTP. This opposition to TTP is only a smoke screen. Once safely in the Oval office she will return to fully supporting TTP. And will be pushing hard for it's passage.
The Party supports this for very good reasons.
I already patented the idea of the "international trade treaty" and trademarked TransPacific Partnershipâ, as well as copyrighting the ©TPP text.
Disney likes there H1B's and with this bill they can use it to wipe any bills that will change the law.
All these signatures will serve to demonstrate just how little our representatives actually represent us.
But, this cloud has a silver lining. Moves like this will push us closer to a breaking point which will force the issue. There may be some friction during the shift back, but freedom will win in the end.
It used to be you had to go out knocking on doors to get people to sign your petition. Running the risk of getting the door slammed in your face. Now you just post the thing the thing on a web site where the nay-sayers won't be around to spoil your fun.
Why Nancy Pelosi? It's not her decision what gets a vote in the house, it's Paul Ryan.
"First they came for the slanderers and i said nothing."
Petitions are meaningless in federal law.
Signatures on nothing mostly, since most are electronic.
Anyone who wants to make this a single issue vote in Nov. really needs to wake up. Most Republicans support it.
If congress doesn't pass it before January, it may never pass. Just because Clinton won't oppose it doesn't mean she'll support it on her watch.
Don't make assumptions.
It won't work like they think. There is no great trade plan that trumps the other issues like immigration and currency.
Social services are failing, the currency is death spiral. Jobless immigrants exacerbate and speed up the process. These plans are all follow-up to the 9/11 grand scheme. Globalization they call it but it's treason.
They just added 210,000 names to the watchlist.
That's why he has my vote. Globalist democrat scum like Obummer and the Clinton's only care about diversity, not innovation.
Liar, if the polls says its accurate to 5%, the why would the state department claim 2% as the poll accuracy?
Even to pretend a poll is accurate is nonsense, they're often pure political spin push polls.
So fuck off liar.
The "most onerous portions of USA copyright law" are tiddlywinks compared to the "most onerous portions" of Japanese copyright law (citation Fuji vs. Jazz Camera, Lexmark vs. Arizona Cartridge Manufacturers). Unfortunately, Japan's interpretation of protecting OEM rights internationally ("e-waste" takeback laws were invented in Japan for reasons having NOTHING to do with environmental destiny and EVERYTHING to do with re-manufacture and reverse-engineering) seems to have metastasized in Asia. EFF is on the right side of this, but pulling TPP's finger from the hole in the dike may result in "the perfect is the enemy of the good", ie if the USA was the strongest proponent to protect copyright - Disney lobbyists aside - then it's speculation whether TPP "could have done more".
I'm not an expert in TPP, or what concessions USA made or even brought to the table to protect USA lobbyists. But I'm above average as expert in the fact that trade is generally anti-protectionism, and protectionism is generally anti-trade, and TPP, NAFTA, TAP, etc. are generally trying to remove barriers. Glad EFF is there, but when I interviewed them about Chinese and Japanese law they said they didn't have enough bandwidth to be experts in that, and since the point of TPP is to leverage Japan vs. China (which despite certain idiot comments is NOT PART OF TPP), we had to find common ground, ie try to compromise with Japan.
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For comparison purposes, the State of California currently requires over 365,000 signatures to qualify a ballot measure. For this November, 17 issues qualified. Of course, many signature are collected by paid workers. Historically, most ballot measure in California failed to obtain a majority but that doesn't keep many enthusiasts from trying.
That is all.
Re Trump opposing anything is as fake as a three dollar bill. You seriously think he'll do anything to block either TPP or TTP if he's elected? If so, I have an Internet to sell you.