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Public Interest Groups Face Uphill Battle at WIPO Meeting

Posted by michael on from the quit-your-yappin' dept.

Patrick Norager writes "As WIPO creates new rights for broadcasters, documents critical of these rights created by EFF and IP Justice were stolen and recovered in a bathroom trashcan." EFF has a general statement on the meeting with links for more information.

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  1. Re:Howard Stern by NardofDoom · · Score: 3, Informative

    Unfortunately, I heard that Sirius will probably be getting commercials soon. The new head of Sirius was the head of Viacom, who is critical of any non-advertising-based revenue model.

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  2. Re:Guard the Table, EFF! by kk49 · · Score: 2, Informative

    Don't worry the UN will close this individual rights "loophole"
    http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTI CLE_ID=17276
    This article is old, but this is still going on.

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