TPP Discussion Thread

26  2015-11-05 by axolotl_peyotl

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From /u/GumdropGoober:

Internet service providers must give your name if requested by copyright holders:

Each Party shall provide procedures... that enable a copyright owner that has made a legally sufficient claim of copyright infringement to obtain expeditiously from an Internet Service Provider information in the provider’s possession identifying the alleged infringer, in cases in which that information is sought for the purpose of protecting or enforcing that copyright.

ISPs must move quickly to remove material with a copyright claim against it:

these conditions shall include a requirement for Internet Service Providers to expeditiously remove or disable access to material residing on their networks or systems upon obtaining actual knowledge of the copyright infringement

If your data/material/whatever is pulled down because of a bogus claim, you can't sue anyone service providers:

An Internet Service Provider that removes or disables access to material in good faith under subparagraph (a) shall be exempt from any liability for having done so,

[All pulled from Chapter 18, Annex 18 E/F]

Malaysia gets to keep its heavy internet blocking:

With respect to existing measures, Malaysia shall not be subject to dispute settlement under Chapter 28 (Dispute Settlement) regarding its obligations under Article 14.4 (NonDiscriminatory Treatment of Digital Products) and Article 14.11 (Cross-Border Transfer of Information by Electronic Means)

[Chapter 14]

Appears to refuse a state's right to require "secret backdoors" into encryption?

no Party may impose or maintain a technical regulation or conformity assessment procedure that requires a manufacturer or supplier of the product, as a condition of the manufacture, sale, distribution, import or use of the product, to: (a) transfer or provide access to a particular technology, production process, or other information (such as a private key or other secret parameter, algorithm specification or other design detail), that is proprietary to the manufacturer or supplier and relates to the cryptography in the product, to the Party or a person in the Party’s territory;

[Chapter 8, Annex 8-B)

Some really specific stuff, like just what can be called Icewine:

Each Party shall permit wine to be labelled as Icewine, ice wine, ice-wine, or a similar variation of those terms, only if the wine is made exclusively from grapes naturally frozen on the vine.

[Chapter 8, Annex 8-A]