I just really can't see the way why Japanese people can still have false assurances from the Abe Government. Nikkei Asian Review reported that the Japanese Government is giving the people a false assurance that the IP chapter of the TPP would not affect Japanese culture, including cosplay. The last and latest leak still shows that Cosplayers can still go to jail. Heck even it would make Halloween including trick-or-treating a crime in the eyes of big corporations. Big corporations are taking away the happiness and imagination of children, and parents would be forced to tell their children they can't dress up this character or draw that character, or else the parents could end up in jail.
While kicking people off the internet through three strikes is not in this text as found in the other leak, TPP bribes ISPs to do so under the article it says that the ISP would be rewarded for cooperation to spy on users. Effectively, DeviantArt could soon be removing the fan art category, enforce their copyright policy and begin banning people from the site for posting fan art DeviantArt could end up being shut down for good as it doesn't enforce copyright policy or complying to DMCA take downs sent by complainants.
And also the temporary storage part (which is a critical part to web browsers) that was removed has reappeared again in the final leaked text. Which still means that browsing the web can slap you a fine and send you to jail. Limitation and exceptions (which essential to Fair use) is only limited to trademarks and circumvention of devices (jailbreaking). While circumventing devices have been an exception for non-infringing use, it does not extend to geoblocking meaning the TPP establishes border patrol for the internet. Criminal penalties could put Libraries and Universities into legal danger as criminal procedures and penalties extends to non-profit. And to make matters worse, the IP chapter suggest it (if desire) establishes a kangaroo court international corporate tribunal meaning instead of getting tried in a normal criminal court in your own country, you get tried in a secret IP court where your 5th and 14th Amendment rights, Double jeopardy and to an attorney, are now dead.
Aside from this, another provision would force drug and other retail stores to pull all generic drugs from it shelves as it allows big pharmaceuticals to renew old drug patents, such as ibuprofen. The proposal was suppose to be 12 years but now the latest proposal has been reduced to 8 years, meaning the US caved in to accept 5 years but add an additional 3 years for biological data protection.
And another thing in this chapter it would arrest whistleblowers and criminalize journalism. It is a violation of the first Amendment, and the UN Human Rights Charter that covers freedom of speech. Amnesty international had spoke out against this. We really need to tell the UN that this trade agreement is a violation of our universal human rights.
The TPP is still facing a tough battle in Congress from some Republicans and most Democrats. The TPP would easily pass but then it wasn't the case as Senator Orrin Hatch said in a statement that the deal "falls woefully short" meaning that he would vote against the TPP.. Alabama Senators Shelby and Sessions who voted against Fast Track are likely to vote against the TPP because of a leaked Immigration chapter. Senator Session warned it would create an EU-style "Trans-Pacific Union". Senator Rand Paul also voted against the fast track.Senator Tom Tillis have also intend to vote against the TPP because of a safeguard that would protect our tobacco control laws (including age restriction that prevents lung cancer deaths in teens and adolescents) The rest are still undecided until the rest of text is released. it's unknown whether the environmental chapter have strong protections or remains the same as the previous leak. Whether a chapter on worker rights, or the issue of human trafficking was included as promised by Obama. The only thing that wasn't mentioned is currency manipulation.
Japan's Diet might still vote to ratify the TPP in April. But due to other things, including budget bills and the Upper House of Councilors elections that's about to come in the Summer of next year. Some members in Abe's ruling Liberal Democratic Party are coming against the TPP because of the protection of rice.
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