[A2k] IP-Watch: Support In US For WIPO Broadcasting Treaty Appears To Wane

[Thiru Balasubramaniam]

>
> May 21, 2007. Support In US For WIPO Broadcasting Treaty Appears To
> Wane
>
> By Drew Clark for Intellectual Property Watch WASHINGTON, DC -
> Practically no one participating in a recent government forum here
> liked the proposed broadcaster protection treaty under negotiation at
> the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) in Geneva.
> Computer companies didn=92t like it; telephone companies didn=92t like it=
;
> the National Football League didn=92t like it; consumer groups didn=92t
> like it. Even a major broadcaster, National Public Radio (NPR), was
> opposed.
>
> Link to the complete article:
> http://www.ip-watch.org/weblog/index_test.php?p=3D628
>
>
>

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Thiru Balasubramaniam
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