[colug-432] Trans Pacific Partnership

[tom]

WikiLeaks Publishes Key Chapter of Secret TPP Agreement

http://www.thenewamerican.com/economy/item/16941-wikileaks-publishes-key-chapter-of-secret-tpp-agreement

A NAFTA-like trade agreement with a dozen Pacific rim nations. The Trans 
Pacific Partnership (TPP) has been developed in secret (Fast Track) but 
Wikileaks has exposed the chapter on IP.

To lock down the internet for 20 years. TPP will make DMCA II, SOPA and 
ACTA the law of the land in one fell swoop if the Senate ratifies it. 
(Only 50 votes are needed now, but it probably would have gotten 60 
votes if the "nuclear option" had not been instituted.)

ISPs will have to become copyright police and content cops. Access fees 
will go up dramatically. Individuals can be banned from the internet. etc.

Tom