KEI has continued to keep in touch with USTR negotiators, and these provisions are still in the TPP. This is one of the most glaring problems in the TPP's IP chapter, and it's shocking that it still isn't fixed. As you rightly point out, this will bind Congress' hands and prevent future fixes to important areas of copyright law. Even if you think that fast track and secret negotiations are a good thing (which they aren't), they certainly weren't intended to be used to undermine the legal traditions of U.S. copyright law and prevent the Copyright Office from doing its job.
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The Problem Still Isn't Fixed
KEI has continued to keep in touch with USTR negotiators, and these provisions are still in the TPP. This is one of the most glaring problems in the TPP's IP chapter, and it's shocking that it still isn't fixed. As you rightly point out, this will bind Congress' hands and prevent future fixes to important areas of copyright law. Even if you think that fast track and secret negotiations are a good thing (which they aren't), they certainly weren't intended to be used to undermine the legal traditions of U.S. copyright law and prevent the Copyright Office from doing its job.