[QUOTE=Marceline;49030743]Precisely. Furthermore, according to various links, the new copyright measures will cripple free speech on the internet, and thus will stifle innovation and competition.[/QUOTE]
It won't quite do that.....
But it certainly will be a headache for the general populace regardless of their profession or hobby. If any company is willing to commit public suicide and actually enforce the new IP laws, then the individual or smaller company or less heavily funded interest is clear out of luck.
In the context of what an average FP user would do, under the wording of the TPP, somebody who buys a JTAG console {whether knowingly or not} is mandated to be criminally prosecuted. The console will be confiscated and destroyed, and their personal computer [i]may[/i] be destroyed as well. Once again, this is only if Microsoft is willing to shoot themselves in the foot and law enforcement and the judicial system are willing to follow such a ridiculous and stupid process. Keep in mind there are no consumer protections in the TPP that prevent such a thing from happening to an individual, which means the extent of adherence falls upon each party's willingness to comply.
Are you starting to see the problem here? When interests dictate laws for you in secret how are the people they apply to supposed to adhere?
This is completely ignoring more countries required to sign the broken WIPO {the United States version is DMCA fyi} along with all of its unfeasable and ineffective backdoors, Disney dictated IP ownership time dialation, and basically every other thing in the IP rider. Once again I must remind you that this is only one of the riders in the TPP, and with this level of quality and common sense written in an addendum, I doubt the actual trade agreement is free from these issues.
[QUOTE=shadow_oap;49028887]Is there somewhere I could read the pros and cons of this deal?[/QUOTE]
Only speculation. The deal is secret rn
[QUOTE=Sobotnik;49030751]I think China (and a bunch of other countries) are expressing interest in the future. The Chinese state would have a lot to gain from the TPP considering their recent economic slowdown and the ability to trade in more markets more easily.[/QUOTE]
I don't think so, because from what i've read there are a bunch of bizarre laws that come with it. Like for example for them to destroy electronics with copyrighted material and this climate change tax that comes with it.
[QUOTE=The golden;49030775]I would rather sketchy trade-agreements over the entire demolition of national park protection plans, the neutering of scientists, the "adjustments" to Elections Canada, fucking over the CBC, putting us into debt over a white-elephant of a strike-fighter, Canada's total withdraw from global climate summits, etc etc
aka: Jump in a fire, Harper.[/QUOTE]
Only Harper was going to sign TPP, too. Just because Trudeau isn't as awful as Harper doesn't mean we should let him get away with this shit.
[QUOTE=Sobotnik;49030751]I think China (and a bunch of other countries) are expressing interest in the future. The Chinese state would have a lot to gain from the TPP considering their recent economic slowdown and the ability to trade in more markets more easily.[/QUOTE]
I guess you didn't get the memo. China, Russia, Iran etc. Need Not Apply.
[QUOTE=archangel125;49031212]Only Harper was going to sign TPP, too. Just because Trudeau isn't as awful as Harper doesn't mean we should let him get away with this shit.[/QUOTE]
He stated it was going ahead and it should not be an outrage he is signing it now. We all knew it was going to go through regardless.
[QUOTE=MIPS;49031981]He stated it was going ahead and it should not be an outrage he is signing it now. We all knew it was going to go through regardless.[/QUOTE]
I'm aware. I was hoping there'd be time to organize public resistance, but I should've known Trudeau would be too savvy for that.
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