WIPO Broadcast Treaty Creates New Legal Rights for Broadcasters

Posted by michael on Tuesday June 8, 2004 @09:30AM from the suck-it-up-peons dept.

An anonymous reader writes "WIPO (The World Intellectual Property Organization) created by the UN is now creating a new copyright for 'broadcast transmissions' giving broadcasters ownership of the content that they broadcast (even if the program being broadcast is in the public domain). IP Justice has created a Top 10 List of reasons to reject this proposal and has published a detailed report that dissects the proposal from a civil liberties and freedom of expression point of view." See our previous story for more information.

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What if they don't own it by Eudial · 2004-06-08 09:34 · Score: 5, Funny

*off to start broadcasting illegal copies of stuff and then re-download it as the owner of those things*

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GAAH! MY PRINTER IS ON FIRE!!! PUT IT OUT! PUT IT OUT!
Re:WPDO by Sponge+Bath · 2004-06-08 09:56 · Score: 5, Funny

How about World Organization for Open and Free Software.
WOOF!