Knowledge Ecology International

Friday June 22 1 pm

The following is circulating right now:

Draft conclusions of the Second Special Session of the SCCR on the Protection of Broadcasting Organizations
Prepared by the Chair

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The Committee made the following recommendation:
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The Director General
-convenes a session for joint analysis of notions, terms and conceptual basis of the instrument

The General Assembly

-decides that a Third Special Session of the SCCR be convened in November/December 2007

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The Draft conclusions by the Chair are out , and wow, what brass. Jukka is recommending that:

• Idris as DG convenes a meeting in Sept 2007 for ” joint analysis of notions, terms and conceptual basis of the instrument.
• The GA sets a SCCR for November/December 2007,
• A dipcom be held in 2008.

It would even appear that webcasting is possibly back in.

This is discussed at 2pm. It is all quite surreal.

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They go into session today at 10am to discuss how to report the week’s events to the WIPO General Assembly, so officially, nothing is decided yet, but it appears as though WIPO will not be approving a diplomatic conference. Jukka Liedes, who has apparently chaired the WIPO copyright committee for all but two days over a twenty year period, may try to find a way to keep this alive, but many delegates are determined to move on to something else. Continue Reading →

In the new June 21 text of the non paper they have just handed out, the Chair has proposed a definition of a signal, finally. It is take from the Brussels Convention, and reads as follows:

( ) “signal” means an electronically-generated carrier capable of transmitting programs;

This is from Article 1 of the Brussels Convention, which reads:

(i) “signal” is an electronically–generated carrier capable of transmitting programmes;

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My more recent Huffington Post blog on the negotiations is here, including this update:

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Nous faisons appel aux délégués de l’OMPI pour qu’ils rejettent le Traité des Radiodiffuseurs de l’OMPI. Après plus de 9 ans de discussions, les efforts pour trouver une formulation qui adresserait le piratage sans nuire aux ayant-droits et aux utilisateurs légitime de radiodiffusion ont echoué.

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Invitamos a los delegados de la OMPI a que rechacen la propuesta de Tratado de Radiodifusión en la OMPI.

Después de más que 9 años de discusiones, los esfuerzos para buscar una formulación del tratado que se ocupe de la piratería de las señales de radiodifusión, pero que no dañe a los titulares de derechos de autor y a los usuarios legítimos de emisiones, han fracasado.

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