Statement of SAA Representative to WIPO Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights 31 December 2015 by
William J. Maher (w-maher at illinois.edu)
TOPIC TWO: Reproduction and Safeguarding Copies
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The SCCR was supposed to start today with the Rights to be granted to broadcasters.
III. RIGHTS TO BE GRANTED/PROTECTION
ALTERNATIVE A
Broadcasting organizations shall have the right to authorize or prohibit the retransmission of
their broadcast to the public by any means.
ALTERNATIVE B
Broadcasting organizations shall have the right to prohibit the unauthorized retransmission of
Continue ReadingSCCR 31 Interesting exchanges (USA, Chile and Brazil) on paragraph 4
Regarding:
(4) The provisions of this Treaty shall apply mutatis mutandis to the protection of
cablecasting organizations in respect of their cablecasts.SCCR 31 Does “object of protection” include “on demand”?
4pm Day 2 Paragraph 3 of Object of protection
Discussion on:(3) Broadcasting organizations shall also enjoy protection for simultaneous or near simultaneous retransmission by any means as if such transmission were a broadcast.SCCR 31 Object of Protection: how to protect the signal only?
SCCR31 Object of Protection Discussions
Day 2 SCCR31 Object of Protection discussion started a 12:45pm. At 1pm we left for lunch and a meeting on education.
II. OBJECT OF PROTECTION(1) The protection granted under this Treaty extends only to broadcasts transmitted by, or
on behalf of, a broadcasting organization, but not to works or other protected subject
matter carried on them.(2) The provisions of this Treaty shall not provide any protection in respect of mere
retransmissions by any means.(3) Broadcasting organizations shall also enjoy protection for simultaneous or near
Continue ReadingSCCR31 Morning Discussion on Definitions of Retransmission
Day 2 of SCCR31. The morning session was well attended and took place in the “old” and smaller meeting room. Delegates and NGOs can see each other in this room and it was leading to quite a bit of diplomacy and thus most probably consensus. Here is a selection of interventions regarding definitions of retransmission as stated in the Chair’s text under discussion:
(d) (1) “retransmission” means the transmission by any means of a broadcast [/cablecast] by any other entity than the original broadcasting [/cablecasting] organization, whether
Continue ReadingSCCR 31 Day 1. Debate on Definitions for Broadcasting & Cablecasting Treaty
DAY 1 (12/7/15) SCCR 31 Re Definitions
This is the text the member states are dicussing this afternoon:
For the purposes of this Treaty:(a) “signal” means an electronically generated carrier capable of transmitting a broadcast or
cablecast encrypted or not which carries the programmed output of a broadcasting organization.ALTERNATIVE A
(b) (1) “broadcasting” means the transmission by wireless means for reception by the
public of sounds or of images or of images and sounds or of the representations thereof, such
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