[A2k] Broadcast treaty negotations mired “by any me ans”

[Thiru Balasubramaniam]

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Broadcast treaty negotations mired “by any means”
June 20th, 2007 by Thiru Balasubramaniam

At 9:43 PM tonight we hear that the casting discussions are stalling
over the United States’ support of the inclusion of the phrase “by an
means” in Jukka’s non-paper on Article 7 (Protection of Broadcasts)
noting that this would be the “value added” component of any Treaty for
the Protection of Broadcasting Organizations. For developing countries
such as India and Brazil, and many technology sector players and public
interest NGOs, this phrase “by any means” would leave open the specter
of webcasting and simulcasting flooding back into the proposed
instrument thus threatening to submerge a truly signal-based approach
to protect against signal theft over traditional platforms.


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Thiru Balasubramaniam
Geneva Representative
Knowledge Ecology International (KEI)
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