Monitored Alarm Systems

As Techdirt found a couple of days, one of the reasons why the European Commission decided to refer the law before the European Court of Justice was the fear that another disaster SOUP was in sight. It's a little early to be sure, but we may be seeing the first signs that the agreement PPT equally problematic is in trouble because of the greater sensitivity to key issues behind the revolt of the Web cons SOUP.

Here's a report from Sean Flynn in the last round of TPP, which was held recently in Australia:

contrast to the sharp increase in other chapters, which have been declared "on track" by the negotiators, in the chapter of the Trans-Pacific Agreement on intellectual property seems to be developed death in Melbourne. Sources said the 10 trading days produced no significant progress in the chapter on intellectual property. Thus some of the most controversial aspects of the proposal of the United States, including the liability of Internet service and the "May 2007" access to medicines issues came to the table.

The issue of ISP liability is the family of intermediaries responsible for what their customers are. The result of putting the laws in this regard would be the destruction of ISPs to monitor their users and block content to minimize the risk of being sued. PPT can not require monitoring and censorship, but it would be its inevitable consequences.

What is new, however, is the growing public concern about the impact of TPP on access to medicines, particularly generic low cost are important for many countries in the region of Pacific. KEI Krista Cox wrote about this in his summary of the meeting in Melbourne:

the afternoon [of PPT Stakeholders Forum] started with eight representatives of the generic pharmaceutical industry giving strong statements in opposition to the U.S. "Access Window" text, in particular, are opposed to provisions relating to patent term extension, patent liaison and exclusive rights over test data. These representatives noted that the proposal of the United States may hinder access to affordable generic drugs



Cox report also states that the negotiators SOUP Again PPT - and ACT - lessons on the importance of transparency in real
The first question that comes in the form of calls for greater transparency, including the release of the text, to allow the public to be part of the process. The chief negotiator of Australia stated that the stakeholder forum provides the basis for stakeholders to participate and is a common practice not to provide the text during the negotiations of free trade agreements. He suggested that the release of the text would not be possible, because
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