SoylentNews

TISA, TTIP's Evil Brother

posted by takyon on Saturday June 06 2015, @04:40AM   
from the and-another-thing dept.

TGV writes:

Ars Technica writes about WikiLeaks' release of 17 secret documents from the negotiations of the global Trade in Services Agreement (TISA). If their interpretation is correct,

the EU would be forbidden from requiring that US companies like Google or Facebook keep the personal data of European citizens within the EU

and

Article 6 of the leaked text seems to ban any country from using free software mandates: "No Party may require the transfer of, or access to, source code of software owned by a person of another Party, as a condition of providing services related to such software in its territory."

What more nasty surprises will these negotiations bring?

---

[Editor's Comment: Original Submission]

• Re:the irony, it burns Re:the irony, it burns (Score: 2) by hemocyanin on Sunday June 07 2015, @12:33AM

  by hemocyanin (186) on Sunday June 07 2015, @12:33AM (#193052) Journal

  Don't be silly -- you know what I mean. Joe's Yard Service Inc. has no more sway with the government than an 8th grader does. BP? Microsoft? GE? Monsanto? That's a different story.

  Parent

  Starting Score:	1		point
  Karma-Bonus Modifier		+1
  Total Score:		2

• Re:the irony, it burns (Score: 2) by dry on Monday June 08 2015, @05:16AM

  by dry (223) on Monday June 08 2015, @05:16AM (#193516) Journal

  Actually there are cases where Joe's Yard Services does sway the local government to pass by-laws about lawns being needed to be kept short and if after a notice the government will send a private contractor (short list including Joe's) to cut it and bill you.
  Businesses allying with government happens on every scale of government.

  Parent