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Topic subjecthow about a distraction from the Trans-Pacific Partnership
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12950283, how about a distraction from the Trans-Pacific Partnership
Posted by PoppaGeorge, Thu Dec-31-15 02:15 PM
https://www.eff.org/issues/tpp

The full text from the agreement was only recently released after being worked on in secrecy for years. One of the more significant things it does is that signatories (like the US) will have to change their laws to prevent DRM to be circumvented for "fair use" purposes, i.e. under current US law you're permitted to make a back up copy of any media you've purchased. Under the TPP, the US would be compelled to re-write those laws to eliminate this in favor of the rights-holders.


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"Where was the peace when we were getting shot? Where's the peace when we were getting laid out?
Where is the peace when we are in the back of ambulances? Where is the peace then?
They don't want to call for peace then.