New but Old Legislation In America

[Iota]

First SOPA then PIPA, ACTA, CISPA, and now TPP (Trans Pacific Partnership).

 

TPP has cleverly been disguised as a free trade agreement, but yet again has snuck in corporate 'privacy' laws; which benefit nothing but corporate interests and restrict everyone else.

 

When (if ever) do you think this madness will come to an end, i.e. when will the American government stop trying to pass this law with different names? Which the people have opposed again and again and again. Perhaps more relevantly, what will it take to bring a stop to it?

 

http://www.guardian....free-trade-deal

 

Since these measures were hugely unpopular, Sopa could probably never pass as a standalone piece of legislation. But tied into a larger pact and blessed with "free trade" holy water, the entertainment industry may be able to get what it wants.

Edited August 29, 2012 by Iota