The intellectual property enforcement chapter in the Trans-Pacific...
The intellectual property enforcement chapter in the Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement (TPP) is “the biggest threat to the Internet you've probably never heard of,” the Electronic Frontier Foundation said in a video it released Wednesday (http://bit.ly/18kxmg5). Leaked drafts of the TPP…
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-- currently on its 17th round of negotiations this week in Lima, Peru, -- contain copyright enforcement provisions that would make the Internet “intimidating and oppressive” for users and could force ISPs to filter and remove allegedly infringing content, the group said. The provisions allow for the use of digital rights management software that would prevent users from using their devices in the non-infringing ways they want, the video continued. The negotiation is coming together “in secret through a series of backroom deals that shut out the public” but allow for the content industry’s lobbyists to try “to convince policymakers that more aggressive and draconian copyright laws will lead to more innovation, more creativity and more jobs, but in reality, that is not the case,” the group said. EFF encouraged U.S. users to contact their members of Congress and sign petitions against the provisions in the leaked drafts, in a blog post announcing the video (http://bit.ly/18j4Ziq). Additionally, the group asked users in Peru to object to the provisions by contacting the Peruvian government through non-governmental organization Hiperderecho.