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The biggest threat to the internet you’ve probably never heard of.

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The TPP is the Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement.[br]

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TPP is a trade agreement being negotiated between more than 12 [br]countries around the Pacific region.[br]

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It has more than 26 chapters. And it covers a broad spectrum of issues.[br]

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From trade of dairy, meat, textiles, and automobiles.[br]

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To financial regulation, the labor regulations and more.[br]

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But one chapter put a huge threat to the Internet.[br]

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The chapter concerning intellectual property enforcement.[br]

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We can’t exactly know what’s in that chapter.[br]

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Because TPP is being negotiated in secret. There are serious[br]Back-room deals that shut out the public.[br]

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Trade officials won’t release the text in the agreement.[br]

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Or even tell us what their policy positions are. On any issue.[br]

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One thing we know is that while the public shut out of the negotiating process[br]Private corporate interests aren’t.[br]

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In particular, big content industries are spending ginormous amount of money.

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And lobbying to convince policymakers that more aggressive draconian copyright laws.

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Lead to more innovations more creativity and more jobs.[br]

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But in reality that just isn’t the case.

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If adopted copyright enforcement measures proposed in the TPP

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Can make the internet intimidating and repressive [br][br]

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users will be afraid to view, share

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and interact with digital content

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an early version of the text has the lead [br]and you should be worried about what’s inside.

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[br]Internet service provider can be forced to become private copyright enforcers[br]

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Less they risk liability for the content posted by their users

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For the TPP include certain protection from liability[br]

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Experienced with similar provisions in the US.

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Suggest that ISPs will be encouraged to take down, filter and block legitimate content

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Requiring only a private notice from an alleged copyright holder.

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The copyright industry is obsessed with[br]

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Restricting users from tinkering with devices and content[br]

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Out of the fear that people will then use them for copyright infringing purposes[br]

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So what they do is installed digital rights management software,or DRM.

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On devices to limit what users can do

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Despite growing evidence that DRM does much more harm than good.

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This prevents consumers from unlocking their phones to change telecom carriers.

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Artists like documentary filmmakers who break encryption on a DVD

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Or sample online streaming videos could face legal threats even if the video[br]They create are legal.[br]

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People with visual or hearing disabilities can be prevent from [br]

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Changing the format of books and movies to make them more accessible

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Not only that, DRM back by the full force of the law[br]

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Can be used to stifle competition [br]

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for example, a company can block unauthorized software or content[br]from working with their devices just by enabling DRM

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corporations claim that DRM is necessary to fight copyright infringement online and[br]keep consumers safe from viruses

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but there’s no evidence that DRM does much combat either of those things [br]

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fans should not be treated like criminals[br]

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and companies should not get an automatic veto help over user creativity choice and innovation.

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These are only some of the problems with the TPP's copyright enforcement provisions

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They would be harmful for everyone except for companies

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That use these policies to suppress innovative competitors[br]Or to criminalize sharing

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instead of spending their resources to create new products

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that respect the Internet and new technologies

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they are lobbying for policies that would hinder and break them.

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Severe Copyright policy restrict our right to share modify and experiment with content and technology

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Innovation cannot thrive without thrive without these freedoms

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internet users need to know what is going on [br]

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in the secret trade negotiations[br]

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internet users have a right to participate in this powerful international deal

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that would impact millions of lives applies for decades to come

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let’s show our policymakers that we won’t let back room trade deals determine what we can do with our technology

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let’s show them that we the users are unified against corporate efforts to restrict our rights [br]

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the internet is ours. It’s up to us to defend it.