[Ecommerce] EU and US want to extend broadcasters' protection to webcasters

[Michelle Childs]

We also asked the EU prior to the meeting to confirm that they were
maintaining their opposition to webcasting and to undertake impact
assessments. They declined to provide details saying that they had to make
up their mind in discussions with Member States at the SCCR meeting.

There is no clear public explaination  of why the EU (collectively) , who
previously opposed the inclusion of webcasting are now doing so and on
what basis. The terms of any deal are non transparent and have not been
consulted on.We will be following up.
Michelle
Head of European Affairs
CPtech

at the obly publci meeting in Briseels to discuss this issue said that they
> At the last WIPO meeting Nov 21-23, 2005, the EU and the US have cut
> a deal on webcasters' protection in new treaty to be done in 2007.
> The new rights to be granted do not exist anywhere but will be in the
> new WIPO treaty.  We have asked the US delegation for a public
> consultation, a federal register notice on the impact on the internet
> among other things, but the US has refused to do anything until a few
> weeks before the diplomatic conference.  Let's hope some European
> countries will ask some question to their negotiators.
> Manon
>
> http://www.ipr-helpdesk.org/controlador/noticia?
> seccion=noticia&tipoListado=all&id=0000005797&len=en
>
> 2005/11/29. IP
> WIPO. Significant progress for the adoption of a treaty to update
> intellectual property standards for broadcasters in the digital age
> The World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) Standing
> Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR) has recently held a
> meeting where significant progress towards the updating of
> intellectual property rights for broadcasters in the digital age has
> been achieved.
>
> Works were initiated back in 1997 with the aim of adopting a new
> treaty that would update the 1961 Rome Convention on the Protection
> of Performers, Producers of Phonograms and Broadcasting
> Organizations. The new treaty would eventually extend the protection
> granted in this Convention to webcasters, entities that transmit over
> the Internet.
>
> The SCCR will hold further meetings with the view of adopting the new
> treaty in 2007.
>
> Related Links:Related WIPO press releaseRevised Consolidated Text for
> a Treaty on the Protection of Broadcasting OrganizationsRome
> Convention 1961Related IPR-Helpdesk news item:2004/11/26 WIPO.
> Progress towards a Treaty to update intellectual property standards
> for broadcasters in the digital age
>
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> www.cptech.org
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Michelle Childs -Head of European Affairs
Consumer Project on Technology in London
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