and the stringent, potentially criminal penalties for breaking Technological Protection Measures or even circumventing DRM even if fair use/dealings is the intent, independent of infringement of copyright. This poses a double edged sword for Namecoin because if it can be used to uniquely identify web-content, then it can be umbrella for asserting private and original authorship but since many works are compositions (images, links, etc) it could also expose the owners to take-down notices.The TPP has just ridden roughshod over that entire debate (at least for country-code top-level domains such as .us, .au and .jp), by cementing in place rules (QQ.C.12) that countries must provide “online public access to a reliable and accurate database of contact information concerning domain-name registrants.”
The EFF has also written other articles attacking ASEAN regional agreements showing how the US is leveraging single country FTAs into multilateral pacts that in turn is being replicated in alternatives.