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The more you know about the odious TPP, the less you"ll like it
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/11/14/the-more-you-know-about-the-odious-trans-pacific-partnership-the-less-youll-like-it/Among the many betrayals of the Obama administration is its overall treatment of what many people refer to as intellectual property the idea that ideas themselves and digital goods and services are exactly like physical property, and that therefore the law should treat them the same way. This corporatist stance defies both reality and the American Constitution, which expressly called for creators to have rights for limited periods, the goal of which was to promote inventive progress and the arts.
In the years 2007 and 2008, candidate Obama indicated that hed take a more nuanced view than the absolutist one from Hollywood and other interests that work relentlessly for total control over this increasingly vital part of our economy and lives. But no clearer demonstration of the real White House view is offered than a just-leaked draft of an international treaty that would, as many had feared, create draconian new rights for corporate owners and mean vastly fewer rights for the rest of us.
Im talking about the appalling Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement, a partial draft of which WikiLeaks has just released. This treaty has been negotiated in secret meetings dominated by governments and corporations. You and I have been systematically excluded, and once you learn what theyre doing, you can see why.
The outsiders who understand TPP best arent surprised. That is, the draft confirms fears that the negotiating parties are prepared to expand the reach of intellectual property rights, and shrink consumer rights and safeguards, writes James Love a longtime watcher of this process.
Needless to say, copyright is a key part of this draft. And the negotiators would further stiffen copyright holders control while upping the ante on civil and criminal penalties for infringers. The Electronic Frontier Foundation says TPP has extensive negative ramifications for users freedom of speech, right to privacy and due process, and hinder peoples abilities to innovate. Its Hollywoods wish list.
In the years 2007 and 2008, candidate Obama indicated that hed take a more nuanced view than the absolutist one from Hollywood and other interests that work relentlessly for total control over this increasingly vital part of our economy and lives. But no clearer demonstration of the real White House view is offered than a just-leaked draft of an international treaty that would, as many had feared, create draconian new rights for corporate owners and mean vastly fewer rights for the rest of us.
Im talking about the appalling Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement, a partial draft of which WikiLeaks has just released. This treaty has been negotiated in secret meetings dominated by governments and corporations. You and I have been systematically excluded, and once you learn what theyre doing, you can see why.
The outsiders who understand TPP best arent surprised. That is, the draft confirms fears that the negotiating parties are prepared to expand the reach of intellectual property rights, and shrink consumer rights and safeguards, writes James Love a longtime watcher of this process.
Needless to say, copyright is a key part of this draft. And the negotiators would further stiffen copyright holders control while upping the ante on civil and criminal penalties for infringers. The Electronic Frontier Foundation says TPP has extensive negative ramifications for users freedom of speech, right to privacy and due process, and hinder peoples abilities to innovate. Its Hollywoods wish list.
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The more you know about the odious TPP, the less you"ll like it (Original Post)
antigop
Nov 2013
OP
Got that right. Of course the track record on these deals means they lost me at hello
TheKentuckian
Nov 2013
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dipsydoodle
(42,239 posts)1. The entire shooting match is biased towards protecting corporations
HooptieWagon
(17,064 posts)2. And weakening enviromental and worker protections.
Its a giant steaming turd.
rock
(13,218 posts)3. That would make it odious
Like the man said.
antigop
(12,778 posts)4. Hillary Clinton's Business Legacy at State Dept (leading part in drafting TPP)
blkmusclmachine
(16,149 posts)5. ,
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TheKentuckian
(25,026 posts)6. Got that right. Of course the track record on these deals means they lost me at hello
But this abomination here seems to be pulling out all the stops.