TPP and VPN

[Veep Peep 13]

Hello,

 

Do you think the passing of the TPP (trans Pacific Partnership) will mean either and end to VPNs or more scrutiny of them?

The trade deal has universal laws on copyright infringement. 

Or like Netflix, if using a VPN you will be blocked?

 

 

Thoughts, comments?

 

Mr. V

[FromtheWalls 83]

Hello,

 

Do you think the passing of the TPP (trans Pacific Partnership) will mean either and end to VPNs or more scrutiny of them?

The trade deal has universal laws on copyright infringement. 

Or like Netflix, if using a VPN you will be blocked?

 

 

Thoughts, comments?

 

Mr. V

 

TPP is dead thanks to Trump winning. Obama had planned to try to push it through in a lame-duck session before the new boss took over, but with the new boss being anti-globalist and having said he would drop out of TPP as one of his first acts as President, it's dun goof'd. So great news, TPP is dead - which is very awesome, and MAFIAA is crying almost as hard as the special snowflakes now since all their efforts have been turned to dust

 

Edit: I'll just throw in a link that proves it in case anyone would ever do the unthinkable and doubt my words: https://www.theguardian.com/business/2016/nov/12/tpp-trade-deal-congress-obama

[LZ1 673]

Hello!

 

As FtW said, TPP should be pretty dead thanks to Trump. Same goes for TTIP pretty much - although as I understand it, it's more "dead in the water" as opposed to actually dead. So maybe it'll get picked up later. It really depends on if Trump changes his position on these things at all. It's quite nice to see him enacting change before even taking office lol. In one stroke, he has already helped out half a dozen countries, before taking office. Pretty well done really.

[serenacat 83]

One aspect of it was it being marketed as a win for the USA over China in some zero sum game narrative. But in member states, US Big Pharma would extend patents and force up prices, killing relatives slowly. US Big Tobacco would claim billions in damages for lost profits from governments for anti-smoking regulations. Genetically modified plants and animals would disrupt and destroy native ecosystems and farming practices, but "barriers to trade" cannot exist. Parents of school kids would be extorted or sued by agents of US lawyers for infringing copyright on games and music.

 

Everywhere, from government cabinets to peasant huts, growing hatred of the Yankee Imperialists ...

Typical example of the richest 1% and big corporations gorging themselves against the national interests and 99% of Americans.