What Is TPP? It's the Biggest Global Threat to the Internet Since ACTA

BY KATITZA RODRIGUEZ AND MAIRA SUTTON | Electronic Frontier Foundation
EFF.org
Apr. 29, 2013

The United States and ten governments from around the Pacific are meeting yet again to hash out the secret Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement (TPP) on May 15-24 in Lima, Peru. The TPP is one of the worst global threats to the Internet since ACTA. Since the negotiations have been secretive from the beginning, we mainly know what's in the current version of this trade agreement because of a leaked draft [PDF] from February 2011. Based upon that text, some other leaked notes, and the undemocratic nature of the entire process, we have every reason to be alarmed about the copyright enforcement provisions contained in this multinational trade deal.

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