WIPO right successfully opposed
Publish date: 04 July 2007
Issue Number: 1190
Diary: Legalbrief eLaw
Category: Intellectual property
A controversial new intellectual property right due to be created by the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) has been successfully opposed by a coalition of Web activists and the technology industry.
Out-Law.com notes that WIPO has spent nearly 10 years gathering international agreement over a new deal for broadcasters which would give them intellectual property rights over broadcasts which would exist in addition to existing copyright laws. But a campaign spearheaded by activist groups such as the Electronic Frontier Foundation and involving thousands of podcasters and bloggers joined with technology industry giants such as Intel and defeated the move last week. The Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights of WIPO met last week to finalise a recommendation that the new proposal go to a special conference for ratification by WIPO as a whole. Full Out-Law.com report
