WIPO Broadcasting Treaty Back On the Table

c0lo writes with a bit from BoingBoing: "The UN's World Intellectual Property Organization's Broadcasting Treaty is back. This is the treaty that EFF and its colleagues killed five years ago, but Big Content won't let it die. Under the treaty, broadcasters would have rights over the material they transmitted, separate from copyright, meaning that if you recorded something from TV, the Internet, cable or satellite, you'd need to get permission from the creator and the broadcaster to re-use it. And unlike copyright, the 'broadcast right' doesn't expire, so even video that is in the public domain can't be used without permission from the broadcaster."

Comments

Re:Keep trying till they sneak it through?

[characterZer0]

Because even when people get bills they do not like killed they still vote for the same politicians the next election cycle.

Re:Keep trying till they sneak it through?

[denis-The-menace]

RE: I hate that governments can just rename a treaty or bill and resubmit it. I mean, with SOPA & PIPA.

BTW: It's called CETA now.
And it contains ACTA/SOPA/PIPA laws
and a bonus: Cities not allowed to have "buy local" tenders.