Wikileaks release of TPP deal text stokes 'freedom of expression' fears | Business | The Guardian

abernard102@gmail.com 2015-10-10

Summary:

"Wikileaks has released what it claims is the full intellectual property chapter of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), the controversial agreement between 12 countries that was signed off on Monday. TPP was negotiated in secret and details have yet to be published. But critics including Democrat presidential hopefuls Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders, unions and privacy activists have lined up to attack what they have seen of it. Wikileaks’ latest disclosures are unlikely to reassure them. One chapter appears to give the signatory countries (referred to as 'parties') greater power to stop embarrassing information going public. The treaty would give signatories the ability to curtail legal proceedings if the theft of information is 'detrimental to a party’s economic interests, international relations, or national defense or national security' – in other words, presumably, if a trial would cause the information to spread. A drafter’s note says that every participating country’s individual laws about whistleblowing would still apply ..."

Link:

http://www.theguardian.com/business/2015/oct/09/wikileaks-releases-tpp-intellectual-property-rights-chapter

From feeds:

Open Access Tracking Project (OATP) » abernard102@gmail.com

Tags:

oa.new oa.comment oa.tpp oa.treaties oa.copyright oa.licensing oa.libre

Date tagged:

10/10/2015, 07:50

Date published:

10/10/2015, 03:50