[A2k] xCasting Treaty and Sports

[Pedro Mendizábal Simonetti]

Hi Jamie:
Access to sports information - a2s, for people who love sports AND
PRACTICE some of them, is vital.
Regards,
Pedro.



James Love wrote:

> I have been suggesting to a number of persons that people consider a
> push to shrink the xCasting treaty into something for sports.   Most
> of the testimony in support of the treaty from developing countries
> focused on the issue of sports broadcasts, which outside of the US
> are often not protected by copyright.  There is a lot of money in
> sports broadcasting, and we would be happy to see a sports
> broadcasting protocol come out of WIPO, if it means we don't do the
> larger treaty.  The broadcasters would get something that was
> actually valuable, and probably more interesting to them than a
> signal piracy treaty (which they claim they need but they don't
> really need, given all of the other legal mechanisms including
> copyright that can address most piracy issues), and which would
> address the one legitimate issue I have seen raised by the broadcasters.
>
> A treaty only about sports is likely to have a more focused consumer
> constituency too, which would be useful too.
>
> jamie
>
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