Comments on: Broadcast Treaty will stifle tech innovation, freedom of expression and access to knowledge http://www.openrightsgroup.org/2006/09/15/broadcast-treaty-will-stifle-tech-innovation-freedom-of-expression-and-access-to-knowledge/ Protecting your rights in the digital age Fri, 16 May 2008 03:59:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: The Open Rights Group : Blog Archive » WIPO Broadcast Treaty scheduled for further scrutiny http://www.openrightsgroup.org/2006/09/15/broadcast-treaty-will-stifle-tech-innovation-freedom-of-expression-and-access-to-knowledge/#comment-3982 The Open Rights Group : Blog Archive » WIPO Broadcast Treaty scheduled for further scrutiny Fri, 06 Oct 2006 13:16:09 +0000 http://www.openrightsgroup.org/2006/09/15/broadcast-treaty-will-stifle-tech-innovation-freedom-of-expression-and-access-to-knowledge/#comment-3982 [...] There are concerns proposed WIPO legislation will further extend the social and cultural dominance of trad broadcasters over the internet, as mentioned here on this blog. An announcement this week by the WIPO General Assembly regarding the draft Broadcast Treaty offers encouragement to activists, and has been hailed as a “huge victory for the public interest.” Reports call for celebration on two counts. [...] [...] There are concerns proposed WIPO legislation will further extend the social and cultural dominance of trad broadcasters over the internet, as mentioned here on this blog. An announcement this week by the WIPO General Assembly regarding the draft Broadcast Treaty offers encouragement to activists, and has been hailed as a “huge victory for the public interest.” Reports call for celebration on two counts. [...]

]]> By: chrs http://www.openrightsgroup.org/2006/09/15/broadcast-treaty-will-stifle-tech-innovation-freedom-of-expression-and-access-to-knowledge/#comment-2681 chrs Fri, 15 Sep 2006 12:36:05 +0000 http://www.openrightsgroup.org/2006/09/15/broadcast-treaty-will-stifle-tech-innovation-freedom-of-expression-and-access-to-knowledge/#comment-2681 I haven't read the details, but if the summary at Boing Boing is to be believed and broadcasters of material will suddenly get some kind of ownership of material by broadcasting it, then it seems frankly bizarre. Surely the whole purpose of IP is to give creators of material a (time limited) set of rights over its use. The theory is that this protects them and encourages them to produce more content. I fail to see how giving rights to broadcasters encourages creativity in anyway. I haven’t read the details, but if the summary at Boing Boing is to be believed and broadcasters of material will suddenly get some kind of ownership of material by broadcasting it, then it seems frankly bizarre. Surely the whole purpose of IP is to give creators of material a (time limited) set of rights over its use. The theory is that this protects them and encourages them to produce more content. I fail to see how giving rights to broadcasters encourages creativity in anyway.

]]> By: Michael http://www.openrightsgroup.org/2006/09/15/broadcast-treaty-will-stifle-tech-innovation-freedom-of-expression-and-access-to-knowledge/#comment-2679 Michael Fri, 15 Sep 2006 12:24:56 +0000 http://www.openrightsgroup.org/2006/09/15/broadcast-treaty-will-stifle-tech-innovation-freedom-of-expression-and-access-to-knowledge/#comment-2679 One supporter has already got in touch to highlight organised resistance amongst the podcasting community. "UKPA (UK Podcasters Association) has been working for months with the Irish PodRepBod, the German Podcastverband, the Open Rights Group in the UK and the EFF in the US to resist aspects of the Broadcast Treaty, which many podcasters, podcast users and a growing number of politicians feel are inimical to the healthy development of grassroots new media culture. The issues are about copyright, and the ongoing ownership of content." http://www.bloggernews.net/2006/09/podcasters-unite-to-resist-wipo.html http://ukpodcasters.org.uk/ One supporter has already got in touch to highlight organised resistance amongst the podcasting community.

“UKPA (UK Podcasters Association) has been working for months with the Irish PodRepBod, the German Podcastverband, the Open Rights Group in the UK and the EFF in the US to resist aspects of the Broadcast Treaty, which many podcasters, podcast users and a growing number of politicians feel are inimical to the healthy development of grassroots new media culture. The issues are about copyright, and the ongoing ownership of content.”

http://www.bloggernews.net/2006/09/podcasters-unite-to-resist-wipo.html
http://ukpodcasters.org.uk/

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