New trade agreement threatens your rights


U.S. and some other countries are working on a trade agreement one of the provisions may violate the freedom of the Internet


Another international agreement plan infringement users, in order to protect copyright. Organization of EFF, about protecting the rights of the users on the Internet and freely network, published a leaked draft agreement International Trade new and secret, which deal today nine countries, primarily the United States. Forth in the Agreement the ACTA, arrested after sweeping opposition in the European Parliament, it seems that This time, the U.S. is trying to impose draconian standards of copyright on the countries sign the agreement.
Article 16 of the Agreement Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement which requires companies to create a system of "legal incentives" for Internet providers to keep these copyright. The intention is to create a legal infrastructure lays the responsibility for maintaining the rights of providers, you will need to treat users are downloading illegal content.
Remember that the agreement did not require - no country would have to sign or to ratify it, but the U.S. can make trade with the countries signing the TPP, which runs puts pressure on weaker countries especially, who can not afford to trade problems with the United States.
Requirements of the agreement suppliers, opened the door to block users for violations of copyright will be considered problematic in terms of human rights organizations and the UN. Organization of the United Nations announced last year that more network access Internet freely is a basic right.
Currently, it is not clear yet when the TPP negotiations will end, and the voting will begin. In the case of ACTA, only when the agreement became became a public began mass demonstrations against him.

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