Clearly the TPP material leaked out, the US is pushing for shivering suggestions on copyright

ByDonkeyHotey

Wikileaks leakedNew TPP draftIn the chapter on intellectual property,Digital rights management(DRM), the scope of the responsibility of the internet service provider (ISP) in the event of copyright infringement, the period of the copyright rule, the trade secret, etc., the content of which is frightening It is.

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◆ Regulation of DRM Avoidance
Despite the fact that there are many laws in the United States to avoid DRM, the US Trade Representative (USTR) is urging other countries participating in the TPP to accept provisions on unusual evasion control It is obvious. According to the leaked information, although exceptions are set up in the clause prohibiting the avoidance of DRM, it is said that "there is an adverse effect on legislative, regulatory, administrative and operational processes, etc., In case of non-infringing use, it is permitted, it is considered to be effective only in a very special case.

ByThomas Angermann

If countries other than the United States accept this regulation, it will lead to regulation of innovation and free expression in many countries.

Copyright Terms
In the draft on the previous leak, proposals were made to ensure that each TPP member country has complete and flexible copyright, but it seems that these are completely deleted in the latest draft. Furthermore, in the latest draft the copyright has been changed to something that can hold only some designated items, and it is said that there is almost a single option for that.

ByOpensource.com

In addition, it seems that the part related to the extension period of copyright is undecided and it is thought that it is to make it possible to extend the copyright for a period that goes far beyond the copyright extension period of international law .

◆ How to handle company secrets
The new draft specifies that details concerning the handling of trade secrets has been added and that it is convicted for unauthorized use. The handling of trade secret information in the draft is much stricter than the trade secret law currently enforced in the United States, and it is expected that there will be no exception to cases where it will be public interest like journalism is.

ByTimothy McCormack

◆ Scope of responsibility of ISP
Regarding the scope of responsibility that ISPs incur in the event of copyright infringement has been controversial for some time. Regarding the scope of responsibility of the ISP, it is a general principle that general users take a shelter-like role when copyright infringement occursElectronic Frontier Foundation(EFF) has proposed.

However, in order to protect general users as the responsibility of ISP,Digital Millennium Copyright LawIt may be necessary to accept laws like DMCA, and in some cases content allegations may be removed without court order.

ByJoe Gratz

The point of long controversy is whether the user sees "commercial advantage" or "monetary gain or loss" when the user is pursued responsibility for copyright infringement on a commercial scale It is said that.

◆ Public domain
For the first time in history, TPP member states have reached an agreement in the text on "the importance of rich and accessible public domain". However, what kind of action will be taken by this is currently unknown, and this provision actually does not impose any obligation.