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Dissident Voice reports:
A mass mobilization in Washington, DC from November 14 to 18 has been announced to begin the next stage of the campaign to stop the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP).
[...] "At its root, the TPP is about modern colonialism. It is the way that Western governments and their transnational corporations, including Wall Street banks, can dominate the economies of developing nations", said Margaret Flowers, co-director of Popular Resistance. She continued "The reality is that without trade justice there cannot be climate justice, food justice; there cannot be health justice or wage justice. That is why people are mobilizing to stop the TPP."
[...] The groups will begin their protests [on Monday morning, November 16] at the US Trade Representative building on 17th Street with the message that the TPP betrays the people, planet, and democracy.
This will be followed that evening by a protest that begins at the US Chamber of Commerce and White House then marches along K Street and ends at the Reagan International Trade Center.
The next day, the groups will have an international focus protesting at multiple sites along Embassy Row to stand in solidarity with people around the world who are fighting to stop the TPP.
On the final day, the groups will focus on Congress.
Previously: Trans-Pacific Partnership Text Released
Trans-Pacific Partnership: "Intellectual Property" Fears Become Reality
(Score: 4, Insightful) by Anal Pumpernickel on Monday November 09 2015, @12:37AM
I personally don't care all that much about what the EFF is saying because I don't pirate music, movies, books or other IP.
It makes sense that you're just a corporate drone spreading their propaganda [gnu.org]. The EFF is an organization that works to preserve and expand our rights, so when they lay out in detail many of the problems with the TPP, I tend to believe them. It is also unsurprising when someone who has said they do not care about freedom is not a fan of what the EFF is saying here.
Do you not see the threat of reducing our privacy and liberties in the name of corporate monopolies? If some law said that corporations could simply *accuse* you of infringing their upon their copyrights and you would be punished, would that be alright with you simply because you claim not to do such things? Do you honestly not see that the rich and governments have abused their powers all throughout history, and that they don't care one bit about your rights? You might want to fix your ignorance, if so. Countless innocent people have been screwed over by the copyright regime, and countless more will be. "Nothing to hide, nothing to fear" is a completely bogus argument that has been proven wrong many hundreds of thousands of times.
I don't consider it "my fundamental right" to download or upload whatever or whoever's digital file I damn please
Well, freedom of speech exists, so you're simply ignoring reality.
And you ignored most of the page I linked to, because this isn't simply about file sharing. It increases our already draconian copyright lengths, endangers whistleblowers, and the treaty was negotiated in secret instead of in front of The People, indicating it's not one bit good for us. Furthermore, it includes restrictions similar to the ones in the DMCA that infringe upon our privacy property rights. I don't know why I need to lay this out for you. Where did you get the idea that this was *just* about unauthorized copying?
To be in favor of the TPP means being opposed to freedom of speech, being opposed to the public domain, being opposed to private property rights, and being in favor of crony capitalism. The notion that these giant corporations who participated in the secret meetings have your best interests at heart is so laughable that you must be trolling, and especially more so when the text has now been released and organizations like the EFF are warning about it and creating summaries about what's in it.
just as I certainly don't think that malware authors or distributors have the right to invade my phone, PC, or financial records in some corporation's cloud on the basis of some theory about information wanting to be free.
You say "just as", but malware authors modify your property without permission, whereas file sharing doesn't; it doesn't even violate anyone's privacy, because the information is not secret. There is no comparison to make here.
Now, let's suppose that every time there's a story about spam on SN or Slashdot, posters come out 20-to-1 in favor of the rights of spammers to disseminate information. Would that change your mind? Would that be a compelling argument?
Appeals to popularity don't convince me, so no. I would not accept that particular line of reasoning, but I would accept my own.
I wish the Internet had been designed as pay-as-you-go instead of ad-supported and browser tracking, but that ship has sailed.
I have no clue how this is even relevant, but there are plenty of extensions to block ads and tracking. Make use of them.