Senators Smack Down WIPO Broadcast Treaty

Tighthead writes "Two influential US senators want the US to support a pared-down version of the WIPO Broadcast Treaty that is still being negotiated. In a letter sent to the US delegation, Sen. Patrick Leahy, the chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, and the ranking Republican member, Arlen Specter, expressed their concerns that the Broadcast Treaty 'would needlessly create a new layer of rights that would disrupt United States copyright law.' They instructed the US delegates to work towards a treaty that is 'significantly narrower in scope, one that would provide no more protection than that necessary to protect the signals of broadcasters.' The next meeting of the WIPO Standing Committee will be in June."

Comments

Very poor use of the 'T' word.

[RingDev]

The best definition of "Terrorist" I've ever heard was: "The use, or threat of use, of violence to pursue a political, ideological, or religious change when a non-violent option exists."

While the special interest groups and senators behind this bill are a bunch of greedy bastards, they are hardly using a threat of violence to achieve their goal.

The Bush administration on the other hand has used violence and the continued threat of violence ("fighting over there so we don't have to fight over here") to increase the power of the executive branch.

-Rick

I don't know

[KKlaus]

If I'm alone in this, but can we not act as if everything is a wrestling fight? They didn't "smack" anything down, and in fact the wording the article itself uses is "expressed concern."

Same goes to "blast." If I wanted to read sensationalist crap, I'd turn on fox. Let's not have any of that here!