[A2k] WIPO Media Alert 23: Barcelona Seminar to Discuss Broadcasting Issues

[Teresa Hackett (eIFL)]

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Subject: 	Media Alert 23: Barcelona Seminar to Discuss Broadcasting Issues
Date: 	Tue, 13 Jun 2006 09:55:57 +0200 (CEST)
From: 	publicinf@wipo.int
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Organization: 	WIPO
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     Media Alert 23

     Geneva, June 13, 2006

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     Barcelona Seminar to Discuss Broadcasting Issues

International experts, business leaders, academics, government delegates
and policy makers will come together on June 21, 2006, in Barcelona,
under the auspices of the World Intellectual Property Organization
(WIPO), the Catalan Broadcasting Council and the Barcelona Bar
Association, to examine current technical, economic and legal realities
in the field of broadcasting and identify areas for development.

The seminar entitled "The Proposed WIPO Treaty on the Protection of
Broadcasting Organizations: From the Rome Convention to Podcasting" is
designed to provide a forum for discussion on intellectual property
policies and strategies, including the use of copyright and related
rights within the broadcasting industry.

The seminar, which is open to the public, will provide an opportunity
for all interested participants to share their views on the possible
impact of updating the rights of broadcasting organization which were
last established in 1961 with the Rome Convention on the Protection of
Performers, Producers of Phonograms and Broadcasting Organizations.
Further information about the status of negotiations on this issue is
available from:
http://www.wipo.int/edocs/prdocs/en/2006/wipo_upd_2006_274.html)
<http://www.wipo.int/edocs/prdocs/en/2006/wipo_upd_2006_274.html>.

The seminar is organized with the support of the Association of
Commercial Television in Europe (ACT), Association of European Radios
(AER), Association of Spanish Commercial Radio (AERC), International
Association of Broadcasting (AIR), European Broadcasting Union (EBU),
and the Audiovisual Producers Rights Management Organization (EGEDA).
The seminar will be held at the Barcelona Bar Association, Calle
Mallorca 283, Barcelona and will run from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. The full
program and registration details are available from www.
wipo.int/copyright <http://www.> and http://www.audiovisualcat.net/.
Simultaneous interpretation will be available in English and Spanish.

Journalists wishing to cover this event are requested to contact the
Media Relations and Public Affairs Section at WIPO: Tel: + 41 22 338
8161 or 338 95 47; e-mail: publicinf@wipo.int <mailto:publicinf@wipo.int>.