[A2k] xCasting Treaty and Sports

[Eduardo Villanueva]

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AFAIK, there is a lot of legislation and regulation on sports broadcasting
in Europe, mostly under the Listed Events concepts. This is access as a
human right, understanding sport as a personal interest and a matter of
public interest too.

Maybe someone from Europe may be able to correct any mistake I've made or
point us in the right direction.

Eduardo

On 4/30/06, Pedro Mendiz=E1bal Simonetti <pmendizabals@cpsr-peru.org> wrote=
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>
>
> 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
> >
> > ---------------------------------
> > James Love, CPTech / www.cptech.org / mailto:james.love@cptech.org /
> > tel. +1.202.332.2670 / mobile +1.202.361.3040
> >
> > "If everyone thinks the same: No one thinks."  Bill Walton
> >
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