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Originally Posted by AnotherCat
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In the end this will fly through the NZ Parliament from a general acceptability point of view when received from the select committee. Whether they vote for it or not the major opposition party is hardly going to be much against it given their strong support and fostering of trade agreements in the past; there will be politicking criticisms but to date they (and all others except for those with extreme political views such as Kelsey) seem to have found little to disagree with.
You sound as if you may have some specific concern with something in the 6,000 odd pages of the Agreement? Perhaps, for myself, I would have liked the copyright period to have remained unchanged, but in the end that is not going to be of immediate concern and I tend to look at these things from the overall outcome point of view, a perfect result for everyone cannot be achieved.
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Yes, I think that the bill will have little problem getting a large majority in the in the house, with the opposition criticising particular aspects that contradict their policy platforms. That is where the center of NZ politics is at this time. I think that to label opposition as simply politicking, and Professor Kelsey as a Marxist shows a lack of appreciation for the influence of ideology on the full spectrum of politics, and of the ideological assumptions present in the TPP agreement itself. Like you, I prefer meaningful debate, not name-calling and cliche dismissive labels.
My main concern regarding ebooks and the TPP was Intellectual Property chapter, copyright and digital rights management technology, specifically the US style approach on this. On that front I don't see very significant changes for NZ law.
Other aspects are not really relevant to this forum.