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WIPO Broadcast Treaty Creates New Legal Rights for Broadcasters

Posted by michael on 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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  1. yar... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I be a pirate matey! damn 20 second rule!

  2. WIPO = WMD by mdrejhon · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Isn't WIPO another acronym for WMD, since WIPO was Pressured to Kill Meeting on Open Source

  3. phirst phost by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    p3n1s b1rd

  4. If this is not the first post... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    ...I will roll around in garbage and dive into a barrel of hungry crabs.

    In the spirit of this story, I will broadcast the event on the Internet. Keep in mind that I will own all rights to such a broadcast, if this is not indeed the first post.

  5. WHO GIVES A RATS ASS? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    This is lame... Lets get back to the Microsoft bashing

  6. Thanks Ron!!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I can't begin to tell you how happy I am to have those druggies locked away and off of my streets. I just wish you were still around to deal with all these others that are still about.

  7. Re:Distributing freely? by abscondment · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I guess it's time to go into the ISP business. Owning all the contents of the internet isn't such a bad business plan, after all.

  8. MOD PARENT UP by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    i likes the cheeses