<div dir="ltr">+1 to Winthrop. The link is<font face="yw-b3b03f93acb29dde874548d979c14638352bd06e-a2aef906077e4767bcf6055e50c0c94b--o" style></font><div><br></div><div><a href="http://www.internetsociety.org/news/internet-society-expresses-concern-over-impact-intellectual-property-rights-provisions-trans">http://www.internetsociety.org/news/internet-society-expresses-concern-over-impact-intellectual-property-rights-provisions-trans</a><br>
</div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Nov 18, 2013 at 6:23 PM, Winthrop Yu <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:w.yu@gmx.net" target="_blank">w.yu@gmx.net</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"> +1 and re-posted the email (with an intro comment) to our local general membership list. It would be hice if we had a link to a (not text-only) <a href="http://isoc.org" target="_blank">isoc.org</a> page that we could post to our social media channels.<br>
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On 11/18/2013 11:50 PM, Elver Loho wrote:<br>
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I actually did not think that ISOC HQ would react to the TPP leak, so<br>
I'm really happy that you did. Thanks! :)<br>
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Best,<br>
Elver<br>
.ee<br>
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On Mon, Nov 18, 2013 at 5:44 PM, Wende Cover <<a href="mailto:cover@isoc.org" target="_blank">cover@isoc.org</a>> wrote:<br>
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Internet Society Expresses Concern over Impact of Intellectual Property<br>
Rights Provisions in Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP) Draft<br>
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The Internet Society is concerned that the global Internet may be harmed if<br>
countries adopt Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) provisions contained in<br>
the recently leaked Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP) draft. We do<br>
not believe that these provisions are consistent with basic principles of<br>
transparency, due process, accountability, proportionality and the rule of<br>
law.<br>
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The leaked TPP Agreement is a complex set of rights and principles related<br>
to IPR and we believe that the current draft reflects a disproportionate<br>
balance of rights in favor of intellectual property owners. In addition to<br>
other issues, these provisions could also have important consequences for<br>
online privacy, a critical dimension in light of heightened awareness<br>
worldwide about the importance of protecting the privacy and security of<br>
end-users.<br>
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In particular, with respect to intermediary liability, some of the articles<br>
appear to assign new levels of responsibility to private entities and create<br>
an environment where content will be subject to extensive filtering. Some<br>
draft provisions would impose an unparalleled set of conditions on<br>
intermediaries that would allow them to escape liability and could<br>
ultimately lead to content blocking and affect legitimate speech and online<br>
expression.<br>
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Such measures are neither new nor original; they have appeared in similar<br>
forms in other national or international contexts. On the whole, these<br>
measures have proven to be inefficient or unworkable. They have failed to<br>
adequately address the stated problems or to provide sufficient answers to<br>
the existing challenges.<br>
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The Internet Society has advocated for intellectual property discussions to<br>
adhere to minimum standards of process and substance. In June 2013, we<br>
released a paper in which we called on the international community to apply<br>
standards such as transparency, due process, accountability and compliance<br>
to the rule of law to all intellectual property discussions that relate to<br>
the Internet. Similarly, we have been vocal in advancing these principles in<br>
various fora, including the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO),<br>
the Internet Governance Forum (IGF) and the Organization for Economic<br>
Co-Operation and Development (OECD).<br>
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We also joined other organizations (1) in a statement made in 2012, urging<br>
the negotiators of the TPP “to make [the] process more transparent and<br>
inclusive, following the multistakeholder model, at least for those chapters<br>
of the agreement pertaining to the Internet.”<br>
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Throughout this process, the Internet Society has taken the position of not<br>
commenting on substantive issues based on leaked texts. At the time, we<br>
understood that the leaked texts provided only a snapshot of the issues<br>
while many provisions were omitted.<br>
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The most recent leak, released by Wikileaks, appears to be the complete<br>
draft of the TPP’s Intellectual Property chapter and has made us reconsider<br>
our position.<br>
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That we feel compelled to comment on leaked versions of the TPP demonstrates<br>
that these basic process standards have been ignored. In an era where the<br>
global economy depends on information and networks, we believe that<br>
discussions that affect the Internet and its users should reflect these<br>
basic principles of transparency and openness.<br>
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Once again, the Internet Society calls upon the TPP negotiators to abide by<br>
standards of transparency as they complete this critical international<br>
agreement that will impact Internet users worldwide. We also urge the<br>
negotiating parties to reconsider the TPP’s intellectual property provisions<br>
and to ensure they don’t have a negative impact on innovation, creativity,<br>
prosperity and market participation.<br>
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(1) The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), InternetNZ, Knowledge Ecology<br>
International (KEI), Open Media, Global Voices Advocacy and the<br>
International Federation of Libraries and Archives (IFLA).<br>
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