http://news.com.com/2100-1028-5103456.html Treaty casts shadow on Webcast rights Last modified: November 6, 2003, 10:32 AM PST By Declan McCullagh A United Nations committee on Wednesday approved the world's first Webcasting treaty, which has drawn criticism that it limits the use of works that are in the public domain. At a meeting in Geneva, the World Intellectual Property Organization's Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights agreed to prepare a draft of the treaty by April 1, 2004. A second meeting is scheduled for June, followed by an expected diplomatic conference during which nations that are members of WIPO--a U.N. agency--could sign the final treaty. The treaty--which was proposed by the Bush administration and is backed by Yahoo, the Washington-based Digital Media Association and other U.S. Webcasters--generally seeks to extend to Webcasters the same level of international intellectual property protection that TV and radio broadcasters currently enjoy. The Webcasting sections are part of a broader proposal titled "Protection of the Rights of Broadcasting Organizations." [...remainder snipped...] _______________________________________________ Politech mailing list Archived at http://www.politechbot.com/ Moderated by Declan McCullagh (http://www.mccullagh.org/)
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