Secretive Copyright Negotiations Continue at the 16th Round of TPP Talks | Education & Numérique | Scoop.it

"The 16th round of negotiations over the Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement (TPP) began in Singapore on March 4, 2013, as trade delegates and private stakeholders from 11 participating countries gather to discuss this the contours of Pacific trade. EFF and many others are deeply concerned about TPP, because it appears to contain an intellectual property (IP) chapter that would ratchet up IP enforcement at the expense of digital rights. The TPP could turn Internet Service Providers into copyright cops, prompt ever-higher criminal and civil penalties for sharing content, and expand protections for Digital Rights Management. The Office of the US Trade Representative (USTR) has announced that they plan to complete the TPP by the fall of this year."