TPP Change Means Drastically Higher Penalties For Copyright "Infringement"

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By BeauHDFeb 21, 2016, 6:01 pm579 pts
Mephistophocles writes: A sneaky and underhanded change to the TPP, spotted by the EFF and summarized here by Jeremy Malcolm, means much stiffer penalties for copyright "infringement:" Under the TPP's original terms, a country could limit the exposure of the owner of such a website to prison time, or to the…

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