If you care anything about internet privacy or even the ability to customize your own personal devices (without being thrown in jail) then you need to listen to this.
https://www.eff.org/issues/tppHere is just some of the awful things contained in the bill that will be law if it is passed:
- Compel ISPs to take down websites without any sort of court order, just like SOPA. (Appendix Section I)
- Extend the US’s copyright regime to require copyrights stand for life plus 70 years, preventing anyone from using works that belong in the public domain. (Article QQ.G.6)
- Criminalize whistleblowing by extending trade secrets laws without any mandatory exemptions for whistleblowers or investigative journalists. (QQ.H.8)
- End anonymity online by forcing every domain name to be associated with a real name and address. (Article QQ.C.12)
- Make it illegal to unlock, modify, or generally tinker with a device you own. (Article QQ.G.10)
- Export the US’s broken copyright policies to the rest of the world without expanding any of the free speech protections, like fair use. (Article QQ.G.17)
This stuff is worst than SOPA and and all other "anti-internet piracy" laws combined, especially because it affects multiple nations, not just the US.
There's a petition online to let our lawmakers know they need to stop this.
https://www.fightthetpp.org/?t=dXNlcmlkPTU1OTE4MzM1LGVtYWlsaWQ9MTAwMzE=/discuss the world becoming more and more like it is in Deus Ex
