[A2k] Council of Europe working on a new Broadcasting Convention

Mon Feb 25 16:08:01 2008

 I assume this means that the Council of Ministers voted in favor of
opening a new broadcast treaty process? Does anyone have knowledge on
what the process is from here and how third parties, NGOs, etc. will
have the ability to participate?  How does one become a "stakeholder" in
the CoE?

Sarah

Sarah B. Deutsch
Vice President & Associate General Counsel
Verizon Communications
Phone:  (703) 351-3044
Fax:  703-351-3670
Sarah.B.Deutsch@verizon.com

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Dear all,

You may have heard about the project of a new Broadcasting Convention in
the Council of Europe although this is still quite confidential. The
Council of Europe made a first public statement on the subject last week
after the last meeting of the CE Committee of Ministers.

Will Europe 'succeed' where WIPO failed? ...

http://www.coe.int/T/E/Human_Rights/Media:

In view of a standstill in WIPO negotiations on a convention on
neighbouring rights of broadcasting organisations, the Committee of
Ministers has asked the Council of Europe body entrusted with developing
standards on freedom of expression, media and new communication services
- the Steering Committee on the Media and New Communication Services
(CDMC) - to take stock of the situation and, if justified, to elaborate
a draft Council of Europe convention designed to reinforce the
protection of those rights (near copyright of broadcast signals). Such a
convention would add to existing Council of Europe instruments on this
and related subjects, which include a number of recommendations and
declarations
<http://www.coe.int/t/e/human_rights/media/4_documentary_resources/CM_en
.asp#TopOfPage>  (among which the Recommendation (2002)7 on measures to
enhance the protection of the neighbouring rights of broadcasting
organizations (https://wcd.coe.int/ViewDoc.jsp?id=303043&Lang=en) as
well as a 1994 convention
<http://conventions.coe.int/Treaty/EN/treaties/Html/153.htm>  relating
to questions on copyright law and neighbouring rights in the framework
of transfrontier broadcasting by satellite and the 2001 convention
<http://conventions.coe.int/Treaty/EN/Treaties/Html/178.htm>  on the
legal protection of services based on, or consisting of, conditional
access.

The consultation of stakeholders is not open yet. TACD may get involved
into the discussions...

ACL

Anne-Catherine Lorrain

TACD Intellectual Property Policy Officer

Transatlantic Consumer Dialogue (TACD)
Consumers International
Avenue de Tervueren, 36 Bte 4
1040 Bruxelles
Tel: 0032 2 740 28 17
Fax: 0032 2 740 28 02
www.consumersinternational.org <http://www.consumersinternational.org/>
www.tacd.org <http://www.tacd.org/>

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