[A2k] U.S. Deal Allows Webcasting, Simulcasting To be Considered Separately

[James Love]

On May 8, 2006, at 3:43 PM, Robin Gross wrote:
> One big problem is that "you cannot separate the signal from the
> content," Gross said:  "Access to signal is
> access to content."  Creators would need permission from
> broadcasters to
> use their own performances, she said.

    Robin, many of us are saying you can have a treaty that protects
the "signal" from piracy, while not providing an IP right in the
content.  For example, by protecting against authorized access to a
broadcast, but not providing for a set of Rome (or TRIPS) type rights
in content, for persons who receive the broadcast legitimately.   In
the NGO draft treaty that Nick and many others worked on last year,
there was no term for the protection.....because the term was
irrelevant -- an issued raised also and discussed at some length by
several governments at last week's SCCR meeting (although without
consensus).

   Jamie

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