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okaawhatever

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1. Sorry, I think this is highly slanted. All the provisions i've seen only talk about copyrighted

Reply to MindMover (Original post)

Mon Apr 7, 2014, 12:53 PM

Apr 2014

content. That is all that is being forced to be removed. Many ISP's are tired of spending money dealing with copyright claims and want to decrease their obligation to investigate and remove the material. Sorry, I call b.s. on this. It's too slanted.

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HOW THE TRANS-PACIFIC PARTNERSHIP WOULD IMPACT INTERNET FREEDOM [View all] MindMover Apr 2014 OP

Sorry, I think this is highly slanted. All the provisions i've seen only talk about copyrighted okaawhatever Apr 2014 #1

So what is your position on TPP ..? nt MindMover Apr 2014 #2

That doesn't matter. What does matter is that the owners of the site STOPTPP.com have okaawhatever Apr 2014 #7

My reading matches the conclusion of linked piece. pa28 Apr 2014 #8

It is not "chasing down the individual activities of users". It is enforcing copyrights. Maybe the okaawhatever Apr 2014 #9

So then we are in agreement the article's claim is not BS. pa28 Apr 2014 #11

That's OK. Obama will veto the TPP if it includes anything so egregiously anti-freedom. Tierra_y_Libertad Apr 2014 #3

Um, I don't think he'll veto it. He's pushing it! n/t CaliforniaPeggy Apr 2014 #4

in secret behind our backs. his big $$ best friends know what's in it tho cause they are msongs Apr 2014 #5

Exactly. But, "we must look forward" rather than backward to the days when the internet was free. Tierra_y_Libertad Apr 2014 #6

The internet provisions are one of my main concerns davidpdx Apr 2014 #10

Corporate Power = State Power = Secret Power = Insider Power Octafish Apr 2014 #12