[A2k] It's done, CPTech statement

[James Love]

It's over.  Here are the basics.  They have split the "traditional
broadcasting" and the Internet technologies into two separate treaty
projects.  They will have separate meetings and separate documents,
separate paradigms, and different schedules.  The traditional package
goes first, and they will try to get the Sept GA to order a dip conf.
for 2007.  If that blows up, all bets are off.  But if the GA
approves the traditional broadcasting treaty (still not a done
deal... with more negotiations and drafting)...    the "new" internet
technologies have a separate work program, which may well die, once
the Internet/tech community sees a standalone Internet transmission
treaty and begins to focus, but who knows for sure.

CPTech instant statement...

"Today WIPO finally took a step back from forcing a restrictive Rome
Convention intellectual property right on Internet publishing... This
is a victory for everyone who has opposed linking webcasting to the
broadcasting treaty.  There is still a lot of work to. There is a
strong likihood the traditional broadcasting treaty will move
forward, and the EU will clearly push to expand this to cases where
broadcasters use the Internet.... and there are considerable problems
with many of the proposals for the broadcasting treaty, including
some very strong rights, TPMs, and other problems.  However, there is
now also a growing movement away from granting IP rights in the
content of transmissions, in favor of theft of services protections,
which is a very positive development, and a new project to examine
the impact of TPMs on limitations and exceptions, which is quite
important.   The Internet is far safer now than before, because the
threat of a new treaty for Internet middleman is now much less likely."

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