The Trans-Pacific Partnership on Internet Service Providers: Notice, Counter-Notice, and Liability Limitations

Abstract

With the recent release of the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) intellectual property chapters, jurists and pundits have quickly begun to comb through the language and pick apart the intriguing and possibly soon-to-be influential document. While many have focused on this document's proposed changes to the way copyright holders and infringers interact with their governments, each other, and each other's governments, it is very important to stop and try to understand the changes that are more ground level. More specifically, it is worthwhile to take a close look at the proposed changes in how copyright holders and infringers interact with Internet Service Providers (ISPs), as this interaction and the legal responsibilities ISPs have during this interaction will mostly define how the average citizen in TPP member states will experience the effects of the document.