[Ecommerce] EFF Alerts: Don't Let Congress Miss the Broadcast Treaty

[Manon Ress]

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EFF Action Center

Welcome to the EFF Action Center!
ALERTS

Don't Let Congress Miss the Broadcast Treaty
WIPO
The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) wants to give
broadcasters a brace of undeserved rights in the content that they
transmit. That's right, another new layer of people who get to
control what you do with your television or computer. If they get
their way, these middlemen will seize 50 years of copyright-like
control over the material they broadcast, including public domain and
Creative Commons-licensed works. If that wasn't bad enough, the US is
pushing to extend this new layer of rights to "webcasters." EFF
believes that there should be a demonstrated need for such rights,
and a clear understanding of how they will impact the public,
educators, existing copyright holders, and new Internet technologies.
Write to Congress now and ask them to take a close look at this new
WIPO treaty!

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