TPP trade deal ready for final approval as digital rights groups sound warning 

While the trade deal cuts tariffs for the likes of auto manufacturers and dairy, beef and sugar exporters, it also has massive implications for digital copyright, piracy and internet freedom. A leaked chapter on intellectual property showed the stakes of the game for countries negotiating the TPP. The draft text that spoke of “criminal procedures and penalties” for copyright infringement has been dubbed “frankly horrifying” by copyright experts.

Source: TPP trade deal ready for final approval as digital rights groups sound warning – CNET