[governance] CETA threatens Internet, health and democracy

[Louis Pouzin (well)]

On Thu, Jan 31, 2013 at 6:36 PM, Riaz K Tayob <riaz.tayob at gmail.com> wrote:

>
> [ CETA / Economy / Innovation ]
> ==============================CETA threatens Internet, health and democracy
> ==============================
> Brussels, 31 January 2013 -- A draft trade agreement between the  European
> Union and Canada (CETA) threatens the Internet, health
> and democracy, according to the Foundation for a Free  Information
> Infrastructure (FFII). The agreement contains an  investor-state
> arbitration clause, which gives multinational
> companies the right to directly sue states in international  tribunals.
> CETA places these arbitration tribunals above the  high courts of Europe
> and Canada.
>

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Hi,

CISPA, TPP, CETA and CleanIT are birds of the same feather, and we'll see
more of them every year. After ACTA was shot down in 2012 by the EU
parliament, international IP lobbies got to cranking out a diversity of
alliances limited to a few countries. It seems they surmise that public
opponents won't be able to mount massive campaigns against each and every
voting or approval process. Once a mere two or three alliances are approved
lobbies can attract or coerce more countries to join in and eventually
coalesce them all. Even though they work in secrecy, leaks reveal that they
recycle ACTA provisions and more.

The EU Commission, which doesn't exist politically in IG debates, is trying
to play a more visible role, while being no more than a follower in the
hands of IP gangs.

Not all countries are as abusive as the USA on IP, but it's a convenient
fig leaf for pushing other objectives, censorship, tracking political or
religious opponents, security, terrorism, economic intelligence, fraud,
etc. All these activities rely on sophisticated surveillance systems,
secrecy, speedy reaction, hence no effective judicial control. A dream for
totalitarian governments.

Louis
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