Today, Chilean civil society group Derechos Digitales has released the following statement:
During this week was held in Santiago, Chile the V Round of Negotiations for the extension of the Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement of Free Trade (known as TPP), signed by Brunei, Chile, New Zealand and Singapore (P4) in 2005, which seek to join the United States, Australia, Peru, Vietnam and Malaysia.
According to published reports, the new multilateral agreement would mean the creation of a broad free trade area between some of the largest economies in America and Asia, and would include, among other regulations, new international rules on intellectual property.
For ONG Derechos Digitales, the establishment of new obligations on intellectual property in general and in particular copyright- in a new free trade agreement is a matter of great concern. Over the past decade, Chile incorporated into domestic law provisions that are above international standards agreed at the World Intellectual Property Organization and the World Trade Organization, as a result of obligations under the Free Trade Agreement signed with the United States in 2003.
Therefore, we call upon the Government of Chile to don’t undertake to negotiate or accept any new obligations that may affect the rights of users and domestic consumers by excessive protection of intellectual property. Instead, we encourage our country to promote standards that balance the legitimate rights and interests of stakeholders, such as strengthening the public domain, stablishment of exceptions and limitations to copyright that allow fair use exceptions, regulation of orphan works and express establishment of judicial system of notification and download allegedly infringing content on the Internet, among other provisions that consider public interests involved in the regulation of copyright.
