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Analysis, Intellectual Property, Internet - Friday, March 8, 2013 17:57 - 5 Comments
Aaron’s Army fights the Trans-Pacific Partnership
This article is by Matthew Rimmer, ARC Future Fellow and Associate Professor in Intellectual Property at Australian National University. It first appeared on The Conversation and is replicated here with permission.
analysis In light of the death of internet activist Aaron Swartz, there is a need to reconsider intellectual property enforcement standards in the Trans-Pacific Partnership.
The 16th round of the Trans-Pacific Partnership negotiations are taking place in Singapore until March 13. There have been concerns that the Intellectual Property Chapter would “ratchet up IP enforcement at the expense of digital rights”. Maira Sutton of the Electronic Frontier Foundation fears that “the Trans-Pacific Partnership could turn Internet Service Providers into copyright cops, prompt ever-higher criminal and civil penalties for sharing content, and expand protections for Digital Rights Management”.
The case of Aaron Swartz highlights the need for a reconsideration of punitive and excessive intellectual property enforcement provisions in trade agreements.








