(IMPORTANT) Internet Companies Endorse the TPP?!?

I'll make this quick, but basically what happened is this: the Internet Association, a trade association representing several major companies such as Google, Facebook, Twitter, Yahoo, and many more, have come out in support of the Trans-Pacific Partnership. This legislation, as I previously mentioned, could be deadly for the Internet, and could criminalize normal web users for things that should be covered under fair use, which potentially and most frighteningly includes our fan art. There's a petition on FightForTheFuture.org right now to tell tech companies to retract their support of the TPP. I recommend you go there and sign it. You can find it here: www.fightforthefuture.org/2016…

If signing petitions isn't your thing, then send emails to the companies who are in the Internet Association and let them know that the TPP is a dangerous agreement for the future of the Internet. There is a list of the Internet Association members at the bottom of the page linked above; if you find a company whose services you use, then contact them and let them know about the dangers of the TPP.

For those who don't know/remember, here's what the TPP could end up doing:
-Entire families might be kicked off the internet even if you're just ACCUSED of breaking copyright.
-Copyright infringement will become a jailable offense.
-ISPs will have to monitor its users' Internet activity in order to enforce these laws, or they could face the risk of being sued.
-Transferring your DVDs to digital, even for personal purposes, can be fined up to 10,000$.
-The lasting time of copyrights will be extended to 70 years after the death of the author before the content falls into public domain, something that could well harm the public domain itself.
-Entire sites may be taken down for copyright infringement. Youtube and deviantArt, I fear, may be the most likely victims of that.
-Cosplayers, I have bad news for you: cosplaying might become a punishable offense due to copyright.
-Fair use and other protections against copyright will be overriden by the TPP.
-Let's Plays, fan art, video game streaming, and other things we all enjoy and do could become illegal due to copyright.
-Copyright infringement will be punishable EVEN IF THE HOLDER DOES NOT FILE A CRIMINAL COMPLAINT!

I'm getting sick of talking about this stupid agreement, but it is necessary that I do, as it threatens to destroy the future of the Internet. And having spent most of my life on the Internet, I don't think I can just sit by and watch it all go down in flames. I don't often ask for this, but SHARE THIS THING AROUND. To your friends, to anyone who uses and loves the Internet. The TPP might be voted on in a matter of weeks, so time is running out. We must fight. For our Future, but also for our fanart. For the Internet, which has brought us so many great things...

Here are the links to my previous entries on the TPP:
(IMPORTANT!) The TPP Strikes...The hour is bleak, folks. There is a trade agreement called the Trans-Pacific Partnership currently being negotiated in secret between 12 countries: USA, Canada, Mexico, Australia, New Zealand, Peru, Chile, Vietnam, Singapore, Japan, Brunei, and Malaysia. And the potential implications of this agreement are simply frightening:
-It basically gives all sorts of immunities to big corporations in order to protect what is referred to as "potential profits". This means that a country's regulations can be overriden for the company's benefit. It could also potentially make boycotting a product a criminal offense due to its effects on the "potential profits"... (EDIT: I'm putting this in strikethrough for now because I haven't managed to find the source of this information again)
-A foreign investor could sue a country if it takes actions or has policies that hurt their investments. This could be done at the expense of the local population, and other local companies that do not  (IMPORTANT!) Canada has signed the TPPCanada has signed the Trans Pacific Partnership agreement... and I must admit that this makes me fear for this gallery's future.
As you may or may not remember from before, the agreement could have disastrous effects on several factors, from allowing pharmaceuticals to raise prices for medicine, to laws allowing companies to sue countries if their legislation gets in the way of "potential profits". But the scariest part, and the one that affects us all, is the sections on copyright. Fan art itself could be considered a crime under this agreement, and that is true even if the copyright holder doesn't file anything. Here's a brief summary of those little laws:
-Entire families might be kicked off the internet even if you're just ACCUSED of breaking copyright.
-Copyright infringement will become a jailable offense.
-ISPs will have to monitor its users' Internet activity in order to enforce these laws, or they could face the risk of being sued.
-Transferring

And as last time, the sources on my information of the TPP's potential dangers:
knowyourmeme.com/memes/events/… (KnowYourMeme article on TPP. Check the image and video galleries for more info)
asia.nikkei.com/Life-Arts/Life… ("Why cosplay fans fear the TPP", Nikkei Asian Review)
www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015… ("Secrecy of TPP talks fuels concern about influence of corporate property lobby", The Japan Times)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=hNL0mU… ("Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP) Awareness", Vinny from Vinesauce)
imgur.com/a/KuERk#wIaF3c1 (Imgur album that Vinny from Vinesauce linked in the comment section of his video)