[A2k] What happend to Broadcasting treaty?

[Manon Ress]

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Hi Sina,

Here's a link and our statement.  The WBT is not technically "dead"
and is still on the SCCR agenda (as is the database treaty proposal)
but it is unlikely to be revived to the point of scheduling a
diplomatic conference soon (or at least at the next Fall 07 General
Assembly).  However, there's possibilities that it might be proposed
again maybe under another form (a narrow protocol?) or in another
forum.  Bottom line:  unlikely to move forward  at this point but not
dead forever IMHO....

http://www.keionline.org/index.php?
option=com_content&task=view&id=93&Itemid=1

Today the WIPO SCCR decided against scheduling a diplomatic
conference to create a new treaty on broadcasting, and set a high bar
for doing so.  Technically, the subject of the Broadcasting Treaty
will continue to be on the agenda of the WIPO Standing Committee on
Copyright and Related Rights, but with a fairly tough hurdle before
it can move to a diplomatic conference --  after there is agreement
on the objectives, scope and object of protection, topics for which
there is no agreement in sight.

"The negotiation over the broadcast treaty has mirrored and sometimes
driven the larger changes in the culture at WIPO.  When the
negotiations began, it was simply about responding to demands from a
powerful right-owner group -- the broadcasters, for expanded
commercial rights.  As the discussions continued, civil society NGOs
criticized the treaty, for its potential harm to the Internet.
Several country delegations began to ask deeper questions about the
rationale for the treaty, and examined ways to limiting the scope and
nature of the treaty.  In the end, the broadcasters demanded too
much, and made too few concessions, for the treaty to move forward.
Delegates at WIPO were no longer willing to ignore issues of access
to knowledge, or the control of anticompetitive practices.

"Next, there has to be a change of conversation at the WIPO SCCR.
Chile has proposed a work program on limitations and exceptions for
the blind, educators and librarians, and there will be other topics
presented as well.  India called for a new focus on the socially
important issues such as access to knowledge and education.  This
will be the way forward, at the SCCR, if things go well."

Said KEI Director James Love ( james.love@keionline.orgThis e-mail
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Last Updated ( Friday, 22 June 2007 )

On Jul 10, 2007, at 4:58 AM, Sina Amoor Pour wrote:

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> Hello everyone,
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> I have not followed the developments on the broadcasting treaty so
> well
> lately. Last time I heard it had died. I'm just wondering, did it
> really die
> or did it not? If not, what happens now?
>
> //Sina
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