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As
discussed
above,
the
Trans
Pacific
Partnership
agreement
Last, the TPP is lacks transparency and is restrictive towards different measures
of penalties. There is a provision on TPP to adopt criminal sanctions for copyright
infringement that is done without commercial motivation 3. Users could be put into
prison or hit with fines over file sharing, and may have their property or domains
seized or destroyed even without any formal complaint from the holder of the
copyright. It may be possible for users of peer-to-peer and torrent sites to be
jailed for infringement of copyright. Criminal liabilities will be imposed.
TPP creates a major concern about the peoples freedom of speech, due
process, innovative spirit, and the future of the internet as well as the domestic
laws already in force in sovereign nations. To sum it up, the Trans Pacific
Partnership agreement challenges the fundamental intellectual property rights
and would restrict acces to copyrighted works for the citizens of the world.
3 https://ustr.gov/sites/default/files/TPP-Final-Text-Intellectual-Property.pdf