[A2k] indiantelivision.com: Tech firms up in arms over proposed television rights treaty

[Thiru Balasubramaniam]

http://www.indiantelevision.com/headlines/y2k6/sep/sep95.htm

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MUMBAI: Dell, HP, AT&T, Sony, podcast firms and net broadcasting firms
are among those who have come together to voice their dissent against a
proposed treaty by the World Intellectual Propertry Organisation (Wipo).

This will give television channels a new set of intellectual property
rights over content. The firms mentioned above will fight to stop the UN
proposal being adopted internationally.
Media reports state that the plan being opposed is called the Treaty on
the Protection of Broadcasts and Broadcasting Organisations. Wipo
convenes in Geneva this week to discuss steps to be taken regarding the
treaty.