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Wikileaks leaked a draft in November. It must be quite odious as politicians like International Trade and Industry Minister of Malaysia told his population to basically ignore the leaked document.
So despite the fact that the TPP is now "completely changed", copyright gets extended, patents get extended, and if you try to get your government to curtail the activities of a foreign company that is crapping in your company, your government can't help you if the foreign company claims that stopping them from crapping in your country will cost them money - and it always will.
Basically, it means there is no point voting any more because your government can't make any laws that matter and will have to justify their pay by making laws saying that you aren't allowed to complain.
So despite the fact that the TPP is now "completely changed", copyright gets extended, patents get extended, and if you try to get your government to curtail the activities of a foreign company that is crapping in your company, your government can't help you if the foreign company claims that stopping them from crapping in your country will cost them money - and it always will.
Basically, it means there is no point voting any more because your government can't make any laws that matter and will have to justify their pay by making laws saying that you aren't allowed to complain.