This is a story from a few days ago that is made clearer in this report, the other one being so dry as to bore even myself.
http://www.p2pnet.net/story/8708The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR) held its 14th Session in Geneva to determine the fate of the controversial Broadcasting Treaty on May 1-5.
It's, "remarkably unacceptable" and it's, "currently being pushed through the U.N. World Intellectual Property Organization's Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights," says Anders Bylund in Ars Technica.
Even worse, it's, "seemingly concieved by the RIAA and MPAA and backed by traditional old-line media businesses," he says.
"The Broadcasting Treaty, currently undergoing review at a UN convention in Geneva, Switzerland, contains passages that would severely restrict the concepts of fair use and freedom of speech - on a global level."
The proposed broadcasting treaty would create entirely new global rights for broadcasting companies who have neither created nor own the programming. What’s even more alarming is the proposal from the United States that the treaty regulate the Internet transmission of audio and video entertainment.
Hmm this seems to be an issue that is not exactly on the front burner in most peoples minds I suspect the usual vested interests would prefer it stayed that way while stealing your rights from you and make no mistake that is their two-fold strategy that has seen them complain about a small loss of "potential" revenue and then announce record profits running into tens of billions
How many billions are enough to satisfy the greed engine that is fronted by organisations such as the MPAA and RIAA and their international counterparts ?
