From Media Action Grassroots Network (MAG-Net)

[DeeDee Halleck]

FYI-

DeeDee

The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) is a massive international trade pact
that is being pushed by the U.S. government at the behest of transnational
corporations. The TPP is yet another secretive, multi-national trade
agreement that could extend restrictive intellectual property laws across
the globe.  In fact, it’s set to become the largest Free Trade Agreement in
the world.

A leaked version of the February 2011 draft U.S. TPP Intellectual Property
Rights Chapter suggests that U.S. negotiators are pushing for the adoption
of copyright measures which are far more restrictive than currently
required by international treaties including those that apply to
traditional knowledge and cultural expression.  The agreement would also
criminalize and restrict the use of the Internet.  This would create an
online environment that lets big media conglomerates invade on-line
privacy, remove online content on demand, arbitrarily hit people with heavy
fines, or terminate people's access to the Internet.




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