[WSIS CS-Plenary] June 21 WIPO seminar on broadcast/webcast licensing - open to public!

[ocaproce internationale]

Biro,

Tu es un vrai faux type!! Comment peux-tu m'inviter à 15heures alors que la 
Conférence deavait avoir lieu presqu'à la même heure? La prochaine fois, 
envoie l'invitation un jour avant. Merci et à plus...


Princesse Micheline MAKOU DJOUMA


>From: Rik Panganiban <rikp at earthlink.net>
>Reply-To: plenary at wsis-cs.org
>To: wsis-cs-plenary <plenary at wsis-cs.org>
>Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] June 21 WIPO seminar on broadcast/webcast 
>licensing - open to public!
>Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2006 10:47:33 -0400
>
>Greetings all,
>
>Just found this on WIPO's website, via Eff.org, via boingboing.net...
>
>On June 21 in Barcelona, WIPO is organizing a seminar with leading  
>broadcasters from around the globe to talk about a new international  
>broadcast treaty that would create a new broadcast licensing regime.   The 
>good news is that it is free and open to the public!  So send  this along 
>to colleagues who are in Spain or can get there by June 21!
>
>Read Jamie Boyle's excellent summary of the dangers of this new layer  of 
>broadcast / webcast licensing on top of already onerous IP  licensing 
>regimes: http://news.ft.com/cms/s/fa07af4a-fadc-11da- 
>b4d0-0000779e2340.html .
>
>Rik Panganiban
>Social Science Research Council
>
>>
>>
>>
>>Media Alert  23
>>
>>Geneva, June 13, 2006
>>
>>BARCELONA SEMINAR TO DISCUSS BROADCASTING ISSUES
>>
>>International experts, business leaders, academics, government  delegates 
>>and policy makers will come together on June 21, 2006, in  Barcelona, 
>>under the auspices of the World Intellectual Property  Organization 
>>(WIPO), the Catalan Broadcasting Council and the  Barcelona Bar 
>>Association, to examine current technical, economic  and legal realities 
>>in the field of broadcasting and identify areas  for development.
>>
>>The seminar entitled "The Proposed WIPO Treaty on the Protection of  
>>Broadcasting Organizations: From the Rome Convention to Podcasting"  is 
>>designed to provide a forum for discussion on intellectual  property 
>>policies and strategies, including the use of copyright  and related 
>>rights within the broadcasting industry.
>>
>>The seminar, which is open to the public, will provide an  opportunity for 
>>all interested participants to share their views on  the possible impact 
>>of updating the rights of broadcasting  organization which were last 
>>established in 1961 with the Rome  Convention on the Protection of 
>>Performers, Producers of Phonograms  and Broadcasting Organizations. 
>>Further information about the  status of negotiations on this issue is 
>>available from: http:// 
>>www.wipo.int/edocs/prdocs/en/2006/wipo_upd_2006_274.html).
>>
>>The seminar is organized with the support of the Association of  
>>Commercial Television in Europe (ACT), Association of European  Radios 
>>(AER), Association of Spanish Commercial Radio (AERC),  International 
>>Association of Broadcasting (AIR), European  Broadcasting Union (EBU), and 
>>the Audiovisual Producers Rights  Management Organization (EGEDA). The 
>>seminar will be held at the  Barcelona Bar Association, Calle Mallorca 
>>283, Barcelona and will  run from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. The full program and 
>>registration details  are available from http://www. wipo.int/copyright 
>>and http:// www.audiovisualcat.net/. Simultaneous interpretation will be  
>>available in English and Spanish.
>>
>>Journalists wishing to cover this event are requested to contact  the 
>>Media Relations and Public Affairs Section at WIPO: Tel: + 41  22 338 8161 
>>or 338 95 47; e-mail: publicinf at wipo.int.
>
>
>Rik Panganiban
>Program Coordinator
>Necessary Knowledge for a Democratic Public Sphere
>Social Science Research Council
>810 Seventh Avenue, 31st Floor
>New York NY 10019
>PH: 212.377.2700 x 644
>email: panganiban at ssrc.org
>Web: www.ssrc.org
>
>

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