The
TPP is "NAFTA on steroids" and will do even greater damage to the
economy and sovereignty of the United States. By Joe Wolverton, II, J.D.
thenewamerican.com
...
Last week, WikiLeaks released the final text of the TPP’s intellectual property rights chapter and it is absolutely terrifying.
These are just a few of its most dangerous pieces:
- Compel ISPs to take down websites without any sort of court order, just like SOPA. (Appendix Section I)
- Extend the US’s copyright regime to require copyrights stand for life plus 70 years, preventing anyone from using works that belong in the public domain. (Article QQ.G.6)
- Criminalize whistleblowing by extending trade secrets laws without any mandatory exemptions for whistleblowers or investigative journalists. (QQ.H.8)
- End anonymity online by forcing every domain name to be associated with a real name and address. (Article QQ.C.12)
- Make it illegal to unlock, modify, or generally tinker with a device you own. (Article QQ.G.10)
- Export the US’s broken copyright policies to the rest of the world without expanding any of the free speech protections, like fair use. (Article QQ.G.17)
The worst part is that this is just one of the TPP’s 30 chapters.
For
years, governments have held critics of the massive Trans-Pacific
Partnership agreement in a perfect catch 22. Officials brushed off
public outcry and concern by claiming that the dissenters didn’t have
all the facts.
This was by design—the 12 country trade
deal was negotiated entirely behind closed doors by industry lobbyists
and government appointees, and even now the text of the agreement is
still classified.
But late last week, WikiLeaks released
the final text of the Intellectual Property chapter, meaning those
excuses won’t work anymore.
We’re planning to go
all out against the TPP, but the first step is to make sure Congress
knows just how many people oppose the TPP.
Taking
action today is just the beginning, because if all we do is send emails
and make phone calls, Congress is not going to reject the TPP. Too many
giant industries are seriously invested in making sure Congress
ratifies the TPP.
If we’re going to win, we need to go big. Which is exactly what we’re going to do.
So take action right now. Contact your Congresspeople now and tell them to vote against the TPP. Then get ready to do more because we’re going to unleash some of our strongest campaigns ever.
Already
we have plans to work with hundreds of different groups as a massive
coalition to fight the TPP, coordinate gigantic on-the-ground protests
in key cities across the country, and produce compelling content to
spread the word to as many different audiences as possible just what is
at stake in the TPP.
To do all that, we need your help — if you can, pledge
to chip in $5 every month between now and when the TPP fight ends so
that we can run our biggest, boldest, and best campaign yet.
Thanks for all you do,
Charlie
*KILL THE TPP!!!*
Excellent!:
— Noam Chomsky has joined the chorus decrying the TPP, which has very little to do with free trade and is really about limiting regulation, helping corporate interests and imposing fiercer standards of intellectual property (to, again, largely benefit corporate interests).
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Excellent!:
— Noam Chomsky has joined the chorus decrying the TPP, which has very little to do with free trade and is really about limiting regulation, helping corporate interests and imposing fiercer standards of intellectual property (to, again, largely benefit corporate interests).
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The
Obama administration's Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal is an
"assault," on working people intended to further corporate "domination,"
according to author…
huffingtonpost.com
Let me give you an example of what TPP could allow:
You are an independent journalist or blogger. You need content. Suddenly, all the pictures, videos, memes and articles become "private property." You want to cite the video, where the now former NRC chairman turns whistleblower and says he's adamantly anti-nuclear, after witnessing the damage at Fukushima. You can't. A major news outlet owns the press conference video footage. You place a stupid cat meme on your page, withou...
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You are an independent journalist or blogger. You need content. Suddenly, all the pictures, videos, memes and articles become "private property." You want to cite the video, where the now former NRC chairman turns whistleblower and says he's adamantly anti-nuclear, after witnessing the damage at Fukushima. You can't. A major news outlet owns the press conference video footage. You place a stupid cat meme on your page, withou...
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A
chapter of the Trans-Pacific Partnership released by WikiLeaks reveals
potential violations of applicable U.S. environmental standards.
A
chapter of the Trans-Pacific Partnership released by WikiLeaks reveals
potential violations of applicable U.S. environmental standards. By Joe
Wolverton, II, J.D.
thenewamerican.com
Jennifer Hibberd
· Portland, OR ·
Ed
Schultz led the coverage over the dangers of TPP. Finally, Congress and
the media begin to realize the importance of stopping this bill. Larry
Cohen joins.
msnbc.com
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