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EFF sues for answers about illegal surveillance | EFFector 25.25

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	In our 619th issue: UPDATES MINILINKS ANNOUNCEMENTS EFF Sues for Answers About Illegal Government Email and Phone Call Surveillance EFF sued the Department of Justice, demanding answers about illegal email and telephone call surveillance at the National Security Agency. A government official publicly disclosed that the National Security Agency's surveillance program had gone further than what the law permits, with the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court issuing at least one ruling calling the NSA's actions unconstitutional. The government further disclosed that the court had determined the government's surveillance violated the spirit of the law on at least one occasion. EFF's Freedom of Information Act lawsuit seeks disclosure of any written opinions or orders from FISC discussing illegal government surveillance, as well as any briefings to Congress about those violations. Congressmen Demand USTR Tell American People What's Going on With TPP U.S. Representatives Ron Wyden and Darrell Issa insist that the American people have a right to know what the U.S. is seeking in the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP) with respect to intellectual property rights. Copyright's Robot Wars Heat Up as Algorithms Block Live-Streams First and Ask Questions Later Copyright's robot wars have burst onto the scene of streaming video sites, silencing live feeds with bogus infringement accusations and no human oversight. Two examples from just the past week show the danger that lies ahead if copyright enforcement is left to bots alone. EFF Updates Rojadirecta: The Government Reverses Course and Returns Domains Without Explanation. Again. The government has decided to return two domain names it improperly seized and held in its possession for well over a year, without so much as an explanation. This time, it was Rojadirecta.com and Rojadirecta.org, Puerto 80's popular sports streaming sites, which the government seized back in February 2011. Members of Congress Demand Answers for Homeland Security's Unjust Domain Name Seizures A bipartisan group of Representatives, led by Rep. Zoe Lofgren, sent a pointed letter to Attorney General Eric Holder and the Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano protesting the recent spat of domain name seizures -- executed on dubious copyright grounds -- that have been censoring websites with no due process. Copyright Trolls' Bogus "Negligence" Theory Thrown Out Of Court Again Judges on both coasts of the U.S. have now rejected one of the copyright trolls' favorite tactics -- suing an Internet subscriber for "negligence" when someone else allegedly downloaded a movie illegally over their wireless connection. Is Congress Getting Ready to Take on Patent Trolls? The Congressional Research Service recently released a report on the effects of patent trolls on innovation and the economy. The study presents a pretty thorough analysis of the patent troll problem, but what's striking is its existence at all. Could it be that Congress is really starting to pay attention when it comes to fixing the broken patent system? EFF Asks Appeals Court to Rehear Cell Site Tracking Case EFF and a number of other civil liberties organizations joined together in an amicus brief to ask the Sixth Circuit to reconsider its decision that law enforcement did not need a search warrant to track a cell phone in real time. Service Agreements Kill Privacy, But Can They Create It Too? A recent case decided by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals highlights the increasing way constitutional rights are adjudicated when it comes to data stored by other companies: through the service agreement a user enters into with a company. Research Sheds Light On Scary New Surveillance Apps for Smartphones Following on the heels of last month's first-ever public analysis of the elusive spyware FinSpy, security researchers at Citizen Lab have released an analysis of samples that appear to be FinSpy Mobile, the smartphone component in the FinFisher toolkit. EFF Continues Support of OWS Protester & Twitter As Case Is Appealed Does the government need a search warrant to get information about your Twitter activity -- information like deleted tweets, other users you communicate with, and the list of IP addresses you used to connect to the service? Today we joined a coalition of civil liberties groups in telling a New York appeals court that the answer to that question is yes. Don't Wait for the UK Snoopers' Charter to Pass: Encrypt Wikipedia Now Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales has spoken out against the UK Snoopers' Bill, a data retention bill that, as Techdirt explained, "would require ISPs to record key information about every email sent and Web site visited by UK citizens, and mobile phone companies to log all their calls." Wales testified that, if the bill passed, he would move to encrypt all of Wikipedia's connections with Britain. Congressional Report on US and TPP The Congressional Research Service has published a 55-page analysis of the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP). While the CRS does not clarify if it had access to the complete current TPP text, they examine TPP within the broader context of multilateral and bilateral trade relations and international market access. Privacy News Roundup: Face Recognition, Data Retention, and Patchy CCTV Germany squares off against Facebook on privacy; "Constant Surveillance" is back on the agenda in Australia; and UK police admit surveillance cameras are patchy and sometimes ineffective. The Battle for Privacy Intensifies in Australia Australians are fending off threats to their right to privacy from all directions. First, there was Australian Attorney General Nicola Roxon's push to expand government online surveillance powers. Then the Australian Senate approved the Cybercrime Legislation Amendment Bill 2011, granting authorities the power to require phone and Internet providers to store up to 180 days worth of personal communications data. Despite Privacy Concerns, Mexico Continues Scanning Youth Irises for ID Cards For more than a year and a half, the Mexican government has been collecting an unprecedented amount of biometric data from minors ages 4 to 17 as part of a youth ID card program. miniLinks Germany's Plan to Create Its Own Spyware Raises Constitutional Concerns The Bundeskriminalamt, Germany's version of the FBI, is currently recruiting for a number of IT specialists to help develop "technical surveillance methods" that can be used to secretly and remotely access computers during crime investigations. Europe to Open Skies to drones by 2016 In an obscure working document, the European Commission has announced it is working on plans to open European civil airspace to unmanned drones by 2016. Rap News 15: Big Brother is WWWatching You Juice Rap News brings us their rhyming take on privacy, surveillance, and digital freedom. Administrivia ISSN 1062-9424 EFFector is a publication of the Electronic Frontier Foundation. 454 Shotwell Street San Francisco, CA 94110-1914 USA +1 415 436 9333 +1 415 436 9993 (fax) eff.org Editor: Adi Kamdar, Activist editor@eff.org Membership & donation queries: membership@eff.org General EFF, legal, policy, or online resources queries: info@eff.org Reproduction of this publication in electronic media is encouraged. Signed articles do not necessarily represent the views of EFF. To reproduce signed articles individually, please contact the authors for their express permission. Press releases and EFF announcements & articles may be reproduced individually at will. Back issues of EFFector Change your email address This newsletter is printed from 100% recycled electrons. EFF appreciates your support and respects your privacy. Privacy Policy. Unsubscribe or change your email preferences, or opt out of all EFF email 454 Shotwell Street San Francisco, CA 94110-1914 United States Announcements TPP: Take Action The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) endangers the Internet and digital freedoms on par with ACTA, SOPA, and PIPA. EFF and a number of civil society groups oppose TPP and the way it has been drafted without transparency. Find out the many ways you can take action. Freedom Not Fear For the second year in a row, activist movement Freedom Not Fear is organizing a weekend of protests, workshops, and networking in Brussels to defend fundamental rights in an era of increased surveillance measures. Our International Privacy Team is working with our European partners to spread the word about the Freedom Not Fear week of action. September 14-17 Brussels, Belgium CiviCon London Micah Lee, one of EFF's web developers, will be at CiviCon London speaking about how we handle our CiviCRM donation pages. EFF Technology Generalist Leez Wright will be at the conference too. September 19, 2012 Central London, England EFF's 21st Annual Pioneer Awards EFF established the Pioneer Awards in 1992 to recognize leaders on the electronic frontier who are extending freedom and innovation in the realm of information technology. This year's winners are hardware hacker Andrew (bunnie) Huang, activist Jérémie Zimmermann, and the Tor Project. The event will be held at the Project One Gallery in San Francisco at 7 p.m. September 20, 2012 San Francisco, CA World Maker Faire New York Celebrate innovation with EFF at the World Maker Faire New York! We are pleased to participate in the world's most diverse showcase of creativity and innovation in technology, craft, science, fashion, art, food and more. Stop by our booth to say hello. September 29, 2012 New York, NY Uncensored Voices: Celebrating Literary Freedom EFF International Freedom of Expression Coordinator Eva Galperin will speak at the ACLU of Nevada's Banned Books Week panel on literary freedom. The event will take place at the Clark County Library in Las Vegas. October 6, 2012 Las Vegas, NV OpenED 2012 Carol Rossini, EFF Director of International Intellectual Property, will be the keynote speaker at the OpenEd conference in Vancouver talking about Open Education -- specifically, copyright exemptions and limitations for education. October 16-18, 2012 Vancouver, BC, Canada World Forum for Democracy EFF Director for International Freedom of Expression, Jillian York, will speak at the World Forum for Democracy about democratic responses to the economic, social, and political challenges that affect our societies today. October 8-9, 2012 Strasbourg, France .SE Internet Days Forum Internet Days Forum is one of Sweden's largest conferences on Internet policy and technology. EFF Director of International Freedom of Expression, Jillian York, will give a keynote talk. October 22-23, 2012 Stockholm, Sweden GPS as the New Constable Join EFF Staff Attorney Hanni Fakhoury at the Bar Association of San Francisco's 2012 Barristers Annual Meeting for an in-depth legal discussion of the Supreme Court's landmark decision in United States v. Jones, requiring law enforcement to obtain a search warrant before installing a GPS device onto a car. October 26, 2012 San Francisco, CA EFF Seeks Membership Assistant EFF is seeking an energetic and enthusiastic Membership Assistant to help support our 19,000+ donors. We are looking for someone with data entry experience and a love for digital rights. This is a full-time position working in our San Francisco office. 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Right now, industry lobbyists and bureaucrats are putting the final touches
on an international trade agreement that could strip away many of our
Internet freedoms and cast ordinary Internet users as criminals.

The deal is being pushed forward in a series of closed-door meetings away
from the scrutiny of digital rights advocates and Internet users. We've
stopped bad Internet policies like this before. Now it's time to stop the
Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP).

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alert users about this bad deal. If approved the TPP would:

- Criminalize some everyday Internet use.
- Force service providers to collect and hand over your private
data without user protections.
- Give media conglomerates the *power to fine you for Internet use*,
remove online content — including entire websites — and even
terminate your
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OpenMedia.ca rightly calls the TPP an "Internet trap."1 If it passes,
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[PDI] Update/Reminder: A Discussion of the Expanding Role of Money in Politics

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Update/Reminder: A Discussion of the Expanding Role of Money in Politics

(Please note that after we had settled on the date and time for this event, Thursday, September 6, 7-9 pm, we found that it conflicted with the Obama acceptance speech at the Democratic convention. Nevertheless we will hold the panel discussion as originally scheduled. Thus we will have the event even if very few people attend. Citizens may record Obama's speech for viewing later; also the Democrats may still change the time of the Obama speech).


For more information, contact:
Robert Tracy, Director, Elmhurst MovetoAmend
166 E. Lake St., Unit F
Elmhurst, IL 60126
Email: Elmhurst@MoveToAmend.org (you may need to copy this email address into your email program)
Phone: 630-484-1555

In 2010, the Supreme Court decided (5 to 4) Citizens United v. Federal Elections Commission to uphold freedom of speech of corporations in political elections. They decided that: 1) corporations are persons and merit protection under the First Amendment of the United States Constitution, and 2) money equals speech.

The Court concluded that corporations have the right to spend money without limit in political elections from their general treasuries, thereby eliminating the effectiveness of existing disclosure regulations. There should be no surprise that corporations and wealthy persons are now spending huge amounts of money to influence elections. A conservative estimate indicates $2 to $5 billion may be spent during this election season.

Many feel that our Democracy and Government, meaning the politicians, are being bought by wealthy individual and corporate interests in an unprecedented way since the Citizens United ruling. What are the full implications of the ruling, and what can citizens do to help make Democracy healthier?

What: Maryam Judar, community lawyer at Citizen Advocacy Center, will moderate a non-partisan discussion of the Expanding Role of Money in Politics. One topic to be included: THE CITIZENS UNITED DECISION: UPHOLDING FREE SPEECH OR DIMINISHING DEMOCRACY?

When: Thursday, September 6, 7-9 pm
Where: 182 N. York Street, Elmhurst, IL (Citizen Advocacy Center)
RSVP: Phone 630-833-4080 or Email cac@citizenadvocacycenter.org
For more information: Email Robert Tracy at Elmhurst@MoveToAmend.org or 630.484.1555

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[PDI] Save the Date: Money in Politics Discussion

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> The Expanding Role of Money in Politics
> A Moderated Discussion
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> The CITIZENS UNITED Decision:
> Upholding Free Speech
> or Diminishing Democracy?
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> What are the full implications of the ruling,
> and what can citizens do
> to help make Democracy healthier?
>
> Community lawyer Maryam Judar will moderate a non-partisan discussion about the expanding role of money in politics. Come and participate!
> Background to the Citizens United Decision
>
> EVENT DETAILS
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> Date:
> Thursday Sept. 6th
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> Time:
> 7:00 - 9:00 pm
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> Place:
> Citizen Advocacy Center
> 182 N. York St.
> Elmhurst, IL 60126
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> In 2010, the Supreme Court decided (5 to 4) Citizens United v. Federal Elections Commission.
>
> They decided that: 1) corporations are persons and merit protection under the First Amendment of the United States Constitution, and 2) money equals speech.
>
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[PDI] Fwd: Do Urban Farms Reduce Violence?

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Do Urban Farms Reduce
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A growing body of research suggests that urban farming and greening not
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[PDI] Titanic Banks Hit LIBOR Iceberg: Will Lawsuits Sink the Ship?

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This is probably the single most important story of 2012. This is the noose
that has been strangling local governments, non-profits, universities,
unions, pension funds and the like GLOBALLY. This IS the housing crisis,
the local services crisis, and the pension crisis at their common root.

Dan

http://truth-out.org/news/item/10442-titanic-banks-hit-libor-iceberg-will-lawsuits-sink-the-ship
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[PDI] Kucinich Action - it's FREE and easy to sign up!

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MY comment: Kucinich's own words AND actions over many decades have
consistently and boldly challenged the powers that be. His track record
of not only listening to WE The People, but actually reaching out to us
for help in formulating solutions and legislation provides reason to
hope that this new organization may actually make valuable contributions
in our national healing, provided you and I are willing to give it a chance.
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[PDI] Extend The Renewable Energy Production Tax Credit For Ten Years

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Hi,

Tell Congress to stop with the financial yo-yo effect in the renewable
energy industry, and give clean energy suppliers a predictable tax
regulation environment for the next decade. The federal PTC is the biggest
factor in renewable energy development, and its impending expiration and
year-by-year on-off nature us causing boim and bust cycles in the entire
industry. This could mean the difference between a domestic manufacturing
base, or more foreign imports.

That's why I created a petition to The United States House of
Representatives, The United States Senate, and President Barack Obama,
which says:

"Dear Federal Government, please end regulatory and financisl uncertainty
in the renewable energy industry; renew the PTC for a solid ten years, and
let America become a true renewable energy leader!"

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[PDI] Fwd: Criminalizing what?

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Date: Jul 5, 2012 7:40 AM
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To: <aquarianm@gmail.com>

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As you read this, lobbyists are setting a trap of restrictions that will
criminalize daily uses of the Internet. But politicians move when public
pressure becomes impossible to ignore. You've already signed the
StopTheTrap.net petition. Please take the next step by spreading the word
on *Facebook*<http://action.cwa-union.org/salsa/track.jsp?v=2&c=Ql3U65929lYvSW65U18md257lyejqZCT>
*, on **Twitter*<http://action.cwa-union.org/salsa/track.jsp?v=2&c=xcRIKT1YTTPbzcUd4dKYDW57lyejqZCT>
*, and by forwarding the URL http://stopthetrap.net to everyone you know
today.*

This week, negotiations are taking place behind closed doors to create the
TPP's Internet trap *criminalizing our day-to-day use of the Internet
through expensive fines.*1

You and over 80,000 others around the world pushed back by signing the
StopTheTrap.net petition. Yet the list of TPP lobbyists is also growing;
over 600 from telecom, media, and other conglomerates are privy to these
secret negotiations.2 *We need the entire pro-Internet community to push
back against the TPP's Internet trap.*

Will you take the next crucial step by *sharing the petition on
**Facebook*<http://action.cwa-union.org/salsa/track.jsp?v=2&c=6TgoCfv%2BKswHaxOiguOnjG57lyejqZCT>
*, **Twitter*<http://action.cwa-union.org/salsa/track.jsp?v=2&c=GrR0MGcbp5kaTfRcJmNYgG57lyejqZCT>
*, and forwarding the URL http://stopthetrap.net to everyone you know today?
*

After citizens stood against big telecom and media conglomerates' attempts
to push through national laws that would crush free expression and
innovation online, their lobbyists decided to go behind closed doors
through the TPP. *It's an undemocratic, extreme attempt to take decisions
about the Internet out of your hands.*

But the pro-Internet community is taking the fight global as well. We've
assembled a powerful coalition of people and organizations—including
experts at Public Knowledge, Public Citizen, and the Electronic Frontier
Foundation—who are currently on the ground at meetings in San Diego. They
have committed to hand-deliver the StopTheTrap.net petition signatures to
leaders, but we need to give them the numbers to have influence.

*Please help us hit the crucial 100,000 signatures mark by reaching out on *
*Facebook*<http://action.cwa-union.org/salsa/track.jsp?v=2&c=%2FgLt%2FP6QalUQyYC6B%2F0LD257lyejqZCT>
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*, and by forwarding the URL http://stopthetrap.net to everyone you know
today.*

The pro-Internet community is already *having an impact across borders.* In
the U.S., 130 members of Congress just signed a letter calling for secret
TPP documents to be made public;3 in Canada the largest federal opposition
party has come out against the TPP;4 rifts are also developing between
other signatory countries.5

If we work together we could all be part of a foundational achievement of
the global pro-Internet community: dismantling this Internet trap before it
gets set. Thanks for sharing through the links above.

For the open Internet,

Reilly and Steve, on behalf of your OpenMedia team

*P.S. OpenMedia is a small non-profit organization working to safeguard
your access to the open Internet. We rely on donations from people like you
to maintain our efforts. If you can, **please join us by chipping in
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*Footnotes*

[1] Public interest groups have obtained the February 2011 draft of the
TPP's Intellectual Property Rights
Chapter<http://action.cwa-union.org/salsa/track.jsp?v=2&c=3GWbOw1lPFaT0zQw2vnBoG57lyejqZCT>.
In it, we can see that the TPP would drastically increase Internet
surveillance, Big Media's Internet lockdown powers, and criminalize content
sharing in general, with a likelihood of harsher penalties. We know from
experts that the TPP's Internet trap provisions could be made even
worse<http://action.cwa-union.org/salsa/track.jsp?v=2&c=RGviBZugIVLIZfM7fbbuw257lyejqZCT>.
And here's a report
back<http://action.cwa-union.org/salsa/track.jsp?v=2&c=7Lf9p%2FdIahto2%2BDBJuNQ2m57lyejqZCT>on
the meetings from Infojustice.

[2] Find the list of telecom lobbyists
here<http://action.cwa-union.org/salsa/track.jsp?v=2&c=XhtLZf%2Bt8yGptqM1mPDAXG57lyejqZCT>
.

[3] Learn more in the National Journal: *Lawmakers, Groups Urge Greater
Transparency in Trans-Pacific
Talks*<http://action.cwa-union.org/salsa/track.jsp?v=2&c=%2Fq%2B5oMo6U01W%2BAk1mmB9om57lyejqZCT>

[4] Find the NDP's press release
here<http://action.cwa-union.org/salsa/track.jsp?v=2&c=Nfcx2t81I1qK%2FiXTBuLr3W57lyejqZCT>
.

[5] See The Conversation: *A dangerous investment: Australia, New Zealand
and the Trans-Pacific
Partnership*<http://action.cwa-union.org/salsa/track.jsp?v=2&c=g7IKeQ2M6MWeBTKu8jUpGG57lyejqZCT>

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[PDI] We're gaining momentum! (TPP negotiations)

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From: "Emma Pullman, SumOfUs.org" <us@sumofus.org>
Date: Jun 29, 2012 4:23 PM
Subject: We're gaining momentum!
To: "Daniel A. Stafford" <aquarianm@gmail.com>

Daniel,

We just got an email from one of our members telling us, "I must say that
your email was about the* scariest thing I ever read, and I'm 74 and enjoy
science fiction movies."*

Like her, you're one of nearly *75,000 people who have sent a message* calling
on world leaders and trade representatives to come clean about the
Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP).

In fact, we've sent so many messages to world leaders negotiating this
top-secret agreement, that we've literally *filled their inboxes to capacity
* letting them know we won't be left in the dark about this agreement. Due
the huge volume of emails we sent, some of your messages may have bounced,
and we apologize if there was any confusion, but this means that *we're
making a huge impact*.

Our partners at Public Citizen, who helped kick-start it all by leaking
proposed chapters of the agreement, are going to *deliver your petitions in
San Diego next week*.

The biggest problem with this treaty is that, due to the extreme secrecy
surrounding it, only a few people have heard of it. But that is starting to
change.

The Nation just released a piece on it -- "NAFTA on Steroids" -- that you
should totally read and tell all your friends about.
<http://act.sumofus.org/go/559?t=1&akid=607.596245.-89-7v>

*We can and are helping push the TPP further into the public eye *by
sharing the news and starting the opposition now, before the next round of
talks begin. We hope that this growing awareness is just the tip of the
iceberg.

Onward,

--Emma, Kaytee, and the Rest of Us

P.S. In case The Nation article wasn't enough for you, we wanted to leave
you with a few more to read over the weekend:

*House Democrats want more open Pacific trade
Talks<http://act.sumofus.org/go/560?t=2&akid=607.596245.-89-7v>
.* The Seattle Times, June 27, 2012
*What's Behind Canada's Entry into the Trans-Pacific Parternship
Talks?<http://act.sumofus.org/go/562?t=3&akid=607.596245.-89-7v>
* Toronto Star, June 24, 2012.
<http://www.sumofus.org?t=4&akid=607.596245.-89-7v> SumOfUs is a
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[PDI] The worst treaty in history

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From: "Emma Pullman, SumOfUs.org" <us@sumofus.org>
Date: Jun 27, 2012 2:25 PM
Subject: The worst treaty in history
To: "Daniel A. Stafford" <aquarianm@gmail.com>

*These people are negotiating a terrifying new treaty that would give
unprecedented new "rights" to corporations. Help us stop them.*

<http://act.sumofus.org/go/546?t=1&akid=602.596245._dVmHy>

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Daniel,

In the back of a swanky San Diego hotel, corporate lobbyists are gathering
next week to negotiate an ultra-secret trade deal that will empower
*corporations
to sue our governments if they dare pass any laws that might infringe on
profits.*

If that's not hitting close enough to home, then check this out -- newly
leaked secret documents show that if the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP)
becomes law, *you could be dragged to court and receive a large fine simply
for clicking on the wrong link.*

But here's the good news:* We can actually stop this.* The corporations are
counting on ramming the treaty through as quickly and secretly as possible
-- before the public and the media even start paying attention. That's why
we're partnering with pro-internet organization OpenMedia.ca: If we speak
up with a unified voice now, we can force participating governments to come
clean.

Tell national leaders and trade representatives negotiating the TPP in
secret that we won't let them ambush us with a hidden agenda to* let
corporations censor our internet*, and gain more power over our lives.

Sign our urgent petition at StopTheTrap.net
today!<http://act.sumofus.org/go/546?t=3&akid=602.596245._dVmHy>

*The only reason that we know anything about these top-secret talks is
because two chapters of the draft agreement were just leaked.* Now, we know
that drug companies will be able to stop generic medicine from being
produced -- which means that a young girl with HIV will die because her
family can't afford the medicine any more. And a foreign-owned oil company
will be able to sue your democratically-elected government simply for
strengthening environmental regulations that will threaten its profits.

But this treaty also threatens to impose* dangerous censorship that would
threaten the open foundation of the Internet.* Service providers could be
forced to collect and hand over our private data *Internet users could be
turned into criminals*. Big media conglomerates would be given the power to
fine us for our Internet use, remove online content--even entire
websites--and *cut off our Internet access completely*.

Corporate lawyers are trying to avoid at all costs us knowing about the
controversial provisions in the agreement, because it will draw criticism
from citizens and businesses, making reaching an agreement more difficult.
That's why we need a massive public outcry now to make sure that our
leaders know that we're watching.

Sign the urgent petition now to national leaders and trade representatives
before next week's talks begin. Your signature will send a message to each
country's leaders.<http://act.sumofus.org/go/546?t=4&akid=602.596245._dVmHy>

Thanks for making sure that people come before corporate profits,

--Emma, Kaytee, Taren and the rest of us



******

*Background Information*

*What is the Trans-Pacific Partnership? Who is participating?*

The Trans-Pacific Partnership is a multilateral free trade agreement that
aims to further liberalize the economies of the Asia-Pacific region.
Currently, 11 countries are party to the negotiations including the United
States, Australia, Brunei Darussalam, Chile, Malaysia, New Zealand, Peru,
Singapore, and Vietnam. The U.S. joined the talks in November, 2009, and
both Canada and Mexico will be taking part in the 13th round of
negotiations that begin on July 2, 2012. By this time next year, Japan is
expected to join. The Agreement is designed to be expandable to accommodate
new members.

*What provisions are in the treaty?*

Since the text is currently top secret, there is no way to tell the full
scope of the treaty, but two leaked chapters -- the Intellectual Property
and Investment chapters -- give sobering glimpses into the treaty.

The agreement has been accused of being excessively restrictive, providing
intellectual property restraints beyond those in other free trade
agreements like the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA). In
developing countries like Vietnam, TPP could even limit access to
affordable medication, including generic drugs.

Under the TPP, corporations would gain an array of privileges:

- Rights to acquire land, natural resources, factories without
government review
- Risks and costs of offshoring to low wage countries eliminated
- Special guaranteed "minimum standard of treatment" for relocating firms
- Compensation for loss of "expected future profits" from health, labor
environmental, laws (indirect or "regulatory" takings compensation)
- Right to move capital without limits
- New rights cover vast definition of investment: intellectual property,
permits, derivatives
- Ban performance requirements, domestic content rules. Absolute ban,
not only when applied to investors from signatory countries

The TPP will impose a set of extreme foreign investor privileges and rights
and their private enforcement through the notorious "investor-state"
system. This system elevates individual corporations and investors to equal
standing with each TPP signatory country's government- and above all of us
citizens.

Under this regime, foreign investors can skirt domestic courts and laws,
and sue governments directly before tribunals of three private sector
lawyers operating under World Bank and UN rules to demand taxpayer
compensation for any domestic law that investors believe will diminish
their "expected future profits".

According to a leaked version of the TPP's Intellectual Property Rights
chapter, the TPP would:

- Criminalize some everyday uses of the Internet,
- Force service providers to collect and hand over your private data
without privacy safeguards, and
- Give media conglomerates more power to send you fines in the mail,
remove online content—including entire websites—and even terminate your
access to the Internet.

* Further Reading:*

Is TPP Worse Than SOPA, PIPA & ACTA? If secrecy and limited information is
an indicator of worse, then yes it
is<http://act.sumofus.org/go/547?t=5&akid=602.596245._dVmHy>.
WebProNews.

Analysis of Leaked Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) Investment
Text<http://act.sumofus.org/go/548?t=6&akid=602.596245._dVmHy>,
Public Citizen.

What's Actually in the
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[PDI] Obama Trade Deal Worse Than NAFTA

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Is this for real? In an election year, no less? I really hope this is
bullshit. On every level.

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As a candidate, Obama promised to renegotiate NAFTA, the trade deal that
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As president, Obama has pushed through corporate trade agreements that
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The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) deal has been negotiated in secret
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- reward outsourcing of jobs to lower-wage countries;
- give foreign corporations immunity from U.S. laws;
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[PDI] You got owned

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Date: Jun 22, 2012 3:49 PM
Subject: You got owned
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<http://act.demandprogress.org/go/627?t=1&akid=1407.2058961.WmhT_S>Daniel,

"You've been owned!" That's what product manufacturers are hoping the
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*The Court will decide if you have the right to resell the very things that
YOU OWN -- your clothes, your iPod, even your house:*

*Please click here for more details, and tell the White House and Congress
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