[governance] TPP Negotiations, Process Becomes Even Less Transparent

[Louis Pouzin (well)]

The dark face of "internet freedom"

Quote from EFF

The 15th round of Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement negotiations in
New Zealand concluded this week, locking out civil society participation in
an unprecedented way. The TPP is a trade agreement between eleven Pacific
nations and it covers a wide range of regulatory issues including
transnational investment, services, tobacco, and textiles. The chapter that
EFF and other digital rights groups around the world find alarming covers
intellectual property. EFF is also looking into issues of free flow of
information and cross-over issues that may appear in the ecommerce and
service chapters...

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https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2012/12/digital-rights-advocates-mobilize-around-tpp-negotiations-process-become-even-less
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