[A2k] EU is going all out on Article 6

[James Love]

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Speaking right now.....   Article 6 seems to be very important to
Tilman Lueder from the EU......

At the moment the spectrum is being freed up for things more useful
than analogue broadcasting.  He is concerned that the treaty might
not cover the digital delivery... which is pretty silly, given the
massive growth of Internet services, which do not benefit from the
ROME rights.  Big issue, why would anyone need anything more than
copyright, given how rapidly services have developed on the
Internet.     TV is mostly about entertainment..    EU wants to move
forward... in an accelerated way,  so we can have a basic text that
protects broadcasting organizations in any territory.

In his sky is falling speech, he seems to be saying the unless we
accept the whole EU proposal, the entire broadcasting industry will
disappear because of the lack of protection  (something that has not
really happened in the USA, which has never signed even the Rome).

I'm a bit stunned by the nature of his intervention, which show no
humility whatsoever regarding the absolute lack of evidence that the
Rome rights are necessary or useful, given the vast evidence that
broadcasting is alive and well everywhere they are not used.


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Article 6
Right of Retransmission

Broadcasting organizations shall enjoy the exclusive right of
authorizing the retransmission of their broadcasts by any means,
including rebroadcasting, retransmission by wire, and retransmission
over computer networks.



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