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New IP Treaty Looming?

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the sailing-into-troubled-waters dept.

An anonymous reader writes "According to an article by James Boyle in the Financial Times, the United States is helping push a Treaty that would create an entirely new type of intellectual property right in the US, in addition to copyright, covering anything that is broadcast or webcast. (Regardless of whether the work was in the public domain, Creative Commons Licensed etc, the broadcaster would control any copies made from the broadcast for 50 years.) Boyle argues that this is dumb, unconstitutional, and anyway should be debated domestically first."

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  1. Re:Slashdot's Reply by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    FP

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  4. Re:Slashdot's Reply by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I'm sorry, dear friend, but this was the first post... I submitted this post it 2 days ago, twice yesterday, and again earlier today. Somehow, I'm sure this is all CmdrTaco's fault...