[okfn-br] Transpacific Trade Agreement

Quinta Maio 16 02:02:22 UTC 2013

Ni!

Já que estamos falando de DRM, é bom lembrar também do TePePê, tratado
que entre outras coisas envolve copyright e que, se aprovado, chega
rapidinho no Atlântico.

A edição deste mês da newsletter da EFF é só sobre ele.

Abs,
.~´

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Subject: 	We beat them to Lima | EFFector 26.12
Date: 	Wed, 15 May 2013 17:33:32 -0700
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In our 639th issue:

      We're opening a new front against secret IP treaties
      <https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2013/05/were-opening-new-front-against-secret-ip-treaties>

/In most issues of EFFector, we give an overview of all the work we're
doing at EFF right now. This week, we’re taking a deep dive into a
single issue: the Trans-Pacific Partnership and the role the United
States Trade Representative plays in spearheading abusive copyright laws
in the U.S. and around the world./

I’m Danny O’Brien, EFF’s new International Director. Five years ago, I
worked on the EFF team that identified the threat of ACTA, a secret
global intellectual property treaty we discovered was being used to
smuggle Internet control provisions into the laws of over thirty
countries. Together with an amazing worldwide coalition of activists
from Europe to South Korea, we beat back that threat
<https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2012/07/acta-victory-europe-and-what-lies-ahead>.

I’m writing to you today to explain what's happening with the new ACTA:
the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). TPP has been around since the Bush
administration, but recently the pace has picked up, with governments
saying they want to get the agreement signed and done by the end of this
year.

Global activism can stop TPP, but preventing the endless merry-go-round
of new IP treaties means tackling the problem at its roots. I'd like to
describe what we're doing on both those fronts, and how you can help.
But first, I'd like you to meet this gentleman:

Michael Froman, nominee for U.S. Trade Rep, could play a pivotal role in
copyright policy worldwide.

      Meet Michael Froman: The Most Important Man in Global Copyright

This is Michael Froman
<https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2013/05/new-face-acta-tpp-us>, and
barring a scandal, he's about to be the new United States Trade
Representative (USTR). The U.S. Trade Representative negotiates
international trade agreements on behalf of the United States. Congress
has one opportunity to ask him questions at his nomination hearing.

They should take full advantage of it. Right now, the only reason the
public knows anything about what the USTR is doing on IP is that
whistleblowers participating in the treaty process have leaked what they
can. (Congressman Darrell Issa re-published the leaks on his own office
site <http://www.keepthewebopen.com/tpp>, over the USTR's objections).

Those documents show that the American proposals for the Trans-Pacific
Partnership would export the worst of modern U.S. copyright law, and
thwart other countries' ability to create laws that best meet their
domestic needs:

  * The proposed rules could prevent individuals from circumventing
    DRM—the technical barriers put in place to make copying, accessing,
    and sharing copyrighted content more difficult. This would hinder
    technical fixes necessary to make content accessible for the blind
    or to unlock your phone.
  * It contains provisions that would, by default, regulate "temporary"
    reproductions of copyrighted files, thereby restricting all kinds of
    intrinsic functions of your computer.
  * It increases copyright terms well beyond international standards,
    adding some 20 years to copyright terms worldwide, potentially
    robbing the public domain of decades of cultural works.
  * In many countries, an allegation of infringement is not enough to
    get material taken offline. TPP’s proposals, by contrast, put in
    place a system (similar to the one we have in the U.S.) that
    encourages ISPs to take down content based on nothing but a notice.
    We’ve seen how that can be abused <https://www.eff.org/takedowns>
    here—do we really want to export it wholesale?

Treaties like this also help to fossilize existing U.S. law and force
other countries to sign up for American missteps. Momentum in D.C. for
rolling back copyright terms and DRM law is growing, but opponents of
those changes have argued
<http://publicknowledge.org/blog/no-ones-signed-away-right-unlock-cell-phones>
that lawmakers can't undo their own mistakes—because, they say, we've
already signed onto IP trade agreements that we supposedly can't undo.

      What We're Doing

We're asking U.S. senators to use the nomination process to grill Froman
about the USTR’s IP plans, and we’re petitioning him directly to adopt
meaningful transparency and stop using trade agreements to push
aggressive IP programs worldwide.

Could Froman really reform U.S. trade agreement strategies? Yes, but
only if he and the Administration face coordinated pressure from
American politicians and citizens plus resistance from other countries
pushing back against American demands.

Which brings us to why EFF's Maira Sutton and Katitza Rodriguez are
remotely working right now—from Lima, the capital of Peru.

      Yara TPP!

Maira Sutton, EFF Global Policy Analyst, is on the ground in Lima, Peru,
at the site of the TPP negotiations.

Starting today, the U.S. Trade Rep and negotiators from 10 other
countries are meeting in Lima to take part in the latest round of
negotiations for TPP.

We beat them there. Kat is our International Rights Director. She's also
Peruvian. She's spent the last month in Lima working with fellow
Peruvian technologists, makers and artists, highlighting how TPP will
affect them. She has been working with the other groups fighting TPP on
the ground, including Hiperderecho <http://www.hiperderecho.org/>,
Peru's own digital rights activism group.

Katitza Rodriguez, EFF's International Rights Director, has spent the
last month working with activists in Peru.

The result? An explosion in information and public debate in Peru about
TPP. Kat has written Spanish language editorials
<http://www.elespectador.com/noticias/actualidad/vivir/articulo-418482-nueva-amenaza-libertad-internet>,
met with Peruvian politicians
<http://www2.congreso.gob.pe/I_Fotografias/2013/CR.L.MARISCAL130513_07.jpg>,
journalists
<http://www.larepublica.pe/14-05-2013/tpp-cuando-el-tratado-que-se-negocia-puertas-cerradas-se-mete-con-internet>,
students
<http://www.hiperderecho.org/2013/04/the-pirate-bay-away-from-keyboard-en-la-universidad-de-lima/>,
free software advocates <http://www.hiperderecho.org/2013/05/tpp-peru/>
and filmmakers. Lima's hackerspace, Escuelab, hosted a two-day hackathon
<http://youtu.be/IlUuDFWAsZw> that produced memes and microsites that
explain <http://www.youtube.com/user/yaratpp> TPP to fellow Peruvians
and the world. There's even the inevitable Peruvian TPP Downfall video
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ezaSjR1pW6A>. Other hackerspaces took
part around the world, producing sites with titles like
http://whytheheckshouldicareaboutthetpp.com/.

The slogan and hashtag of Peruvians' digital rights activists is
"#yaratpp", a slang term which means (roughly) "Warning! TPP!".
Peruvians have joined the fight at Nonegociable.pe
<http://www.nonegociable.pe/>, asking their President to set clear
non-negotiable lines to ensure that Peruvians' fundamental freedoms are
respected in the TPP negotiations.

      Help Us Stop the TPP – and the IP Treaty Tarpit

The TPP negotiators are on deadline in Lima. They've already said TPP's
IP chapter is one of the "more challenging issues that remain." It's
more challenging still when the host country is demanding to know why
this trade agreement would undermine local entrepreneurs and artists.
Meanwhile, politicians back in the U.S. are demanding a closer look at
their head negotiator's IP stance.

Like battling ACTA, stopping the TPP and its descendants is going to be
a long-term fight that will take a worldwide effort. But you can help us
today by taking advantage of the Froman nomination to speak truth to power.

Sign our petition demanding that Froman usher in a new age of
transparency as the next U.S. Trade Representative:

Stop USTR Secrecy <https://www.eff.org/stop-ustr-secrecy>

If you’re in the U.S., please also send a message to your representative
to demand an end to these secret backdoor negotiations:

Don’t Let Them Trade Away Our Internet Freedoms
<https://action.eff.org/o/9042/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=8229>

And if you're in Peru, join Hiperderecho and tell the Peruvian president
that our digital rights are non-negotiable:

Pidamos juntos límites no negociables
<http://www.hiperderecho.org/2013/05/pidamos-juntos-limites-no-negociables/>

Stay tuned to the Deeplinks blog <https://www.eff.org/deeplinks> for
more updates on the fight for sensible global copyright policy.

Danny O'Brien, EFF's International Director. Photo by James Roberts,
longtime EFF member.Defending your digital rights around the world,

Danny O’Brien
International Director
Electronic Frontier Foundation

Learn more:
The Trans-Pacific Partnership <https://www.eff.org/issues/tpp>
What Is TPP? Biggest Global Threat to the Internet Since ACTA
<https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2013/04/tpp-biggest-global-threat-internet-acta>
Why the Heck Should I Care About the TPP?
<http://www.whytheheckshouldicareaboutthetpp.com>
Copyright Provisions in the TPP Would Stifle Innovation and Impede the
Economy
<https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2013/05/copyright-provisions-tpp-would-stifle-innovation-and-impede-economy>
Hackers, Makers, and Tinkerers: Here's How TPP Would Hurt You
<https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2013/05/hackers-makers-and-tinkerers-heres-how-tpp-would-hurt-you>
Temporary Copies: A TPP Provision Disconnected from the Reality of the
Modern Computer
<https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2012/07/temporary-copies-another-way-tpp-profoundly-disconnected>
TPP Creates Legal Incentives For ISPs To Police The Internet. What Is At
Risk? Your Rights.
<https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2012/08/tpp-creates-liabilities-isps-and-put-your-rights-risk>

Other Resources:
KEI Online: TPP <http://keionline.org/tpp>
PublicKnowledge: TPP <http://publicknowledge.org/issues/tppa>
Stop the Trap <http://stopthetrap.net>
InfoJustice: The Trans-Pacific Partnership
<http://infojustice.org/archives/category/trade-agreements/trans-pacific-partnership>

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