TPP Opens Door for Govt to Sue for Internet Linking

…The TPP… is the bizarre, mostly-secret trade agreement which our current anti-capitalist president is ramming through. …we just want to focus on one seemingly teeny-tiny element which was recently changed (and which the Obama administration is no doubt hoping will fly under the radar). …in a nutshell the TPP will allegedly extend "copyright protection" for things like online content by allowing the government to bring charges against anyone suspected of copyright infringement even if the "copying" (like a simple link to a news story) does no harm to the copyright owner and, indeed, may even be encouraged by the copyright owner. …