[Ecommerce] IP-Watch Story on WIPO Broadcasters treaty

[Manon Ress]

WIPO Secretariat ramps up the Pressure for a new Treaty on Broadcasting
Organisations

At the recent WIPO Assembly, Member States resisted pressures to move
forward with a diplomatic conference on a proposed new treaty to provide
increased protection to broadcasting organisations. The WIPO
Secretariat=92s activism in pushing for a rapid convening of a Diplomatic
Conference on the Protection of the Rights of Broadcasting Organisations
generated strong reactions from many of WIPO=92s developing country
Members and civil society groups, as well as some industry observers.

At issue was the recommendation from the last meeting of WIPO=92s Standing
Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR) that Member States
=93consider approving=94 the convening at an =93appropriate time=94 of a
Diplomatic Conference (which is traditionally the last step in the
treaty-making process).

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