Here is the copypaste of general info, next post will cover how it will directly affect lolcow farm.
>informationObama just signed a law allowing him to fast track TPP and other "trade agreements", allowing him to accept it with just a simple majority.
>what is TPP?Only a small part of TPP is actually about trade, and it will affect every aspect of your life from healthcare to food to chan culture and, of course, videogames.
>TPP threatens fair usehttps://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2012/08/new-leaked-tpp-puts-fair-use-riskFrom chan culture to youtubers, this could make bethesda's paid mods something you'd call "good old times".
>TPP will allow a corporation to sue a state over potential losses caused by its legislationThis won't happen in a court of your own country, this will place an international court above your laws. Consumer rights, from food to your favourite hobby, will be raped mercilessly. Think it's bad now? You haven't seen anything.
>TPP will make it easier to outsource labor in asiaFrom governmental contracts to code monkeys trough services, you will be competing with third-world slave labor and buying its products. Should you be able to afford it and have some free time as your working hours get closer to those of Vietnam
>AHAHAH I will still be pirating stuff anywayNo you won't. TPP can force your ISP to monitor your activity, and fine you or even send you to jail. It will be possibile to fine you even just for copying a DVD you own to your hard drive. It's SOPA and all that shit right back from the dead.
>I don't believe you OP, I want to read what it says!Well too fucking bad, because it isn't just secret, it will remain secret for four years after it's accepted. Talk about transparency. However a small part has been leaked, you can read more here:
https://wikileaks.org/tpp-investment/WikiLeaks-TPP-Investment-Chapter/page-1.htmlhttps://wikileaks.org/tpp-ip2/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bPIsjH25GHohttp://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/article/tpp-trade-deal-will-be-devastating-access-affordable-medicineshttps://wikileaks.org/US-Australia-isolated-in-TPP.htmlhttps://wikileaks.org/tppa-environment-chapter.htmlhttps://wikileaks.org/tpp-ip2/attack-on-affordable-cancer-treatments.htmlhttps://wikileaks.org/tpp/healthcare/Analysis-Dr-Deborah-Gleeson/page-1.htmlhttps://wikileaks.org/tpp/healthcare/Analysis-Professor-Jane-Kelsey/page-1.htmlhttps://wikileaks.org/tpp-investment/TPP-Investment-Chapter-Analysis/page-1.htmlhttp://keionline.org/tppAnd some articles:
http://www.sanders.senate.gov/download/the-trans-pacific-trade-tpp-agreement-must-be-defeated?inline=filehttp://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/kill-the-dispute-settlement-language-in-the-trans-pacific-partnership/2015/02/25/ec7705a2-bd1e-11e4-b274-e5209a3bc9a9_story.htmlhttp://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2015/05/07/only-two-republicans-admit-they-actually-read-secret-obama-trade-deal-both-unsupportive/http://www.breitbart.com/video/2015/06/22/sessions-tpp-nascent-european-union-tpa-surrender-of-congressional-power/https://jonrappoport.wordpress.com/2015/05/15/what-law-says-the-text-of-the-tpp-must-remain-secret/
>I'm in EU, who gives a shit!TTIP is the same shit EU-flavoured and it's going to hurt you. It will be negotiated by that most democratic institution called the european commission, so you know you're fucked.
What you can do
Next post I'll be posting the names of the senators that voted for this. Beside bothering them, you can get #TPP trending and start making some noise. Don't go down without a fight.