27 May, 2006: Digitale Rechte im Umbruch [German] (Deutschlandfunk)

19 May, 2006: IP Justice statement at the open consultations of the UN Internet Governance Forum
1. Freedom of Expression 2. Privacy Rights 3. Balanced Intellectual Property Rights 4. Development Agenda for Internet Governance 5. Access to Knowledge

17 May, 2006: UN Secretary-General Establishes Advisory Group to Assist Him in Convening Internet Governance Forum (UN Press Release SG/A/106)

9 May, 2006: Pact Writers Sidetrack ‘Threat’ to Internet (Tech News World)

8 May, 2006: IP Justice: “WIPO Pushes Forward with Broadcasting Treaty - Webcasting Deferred”
By IP Justice Executive Director Robin D. Gross 8 May 2006 An agreement was reached on 5 May 2006 at the conclusion of a United Nations treaty negotiation in Geneva to exclude the issue of webcasting from a controversial treaty proposal to create new rights for broadcasting companies. The UN Specialized Agency in the business of enacting global treaties on intellectual property rights, the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), held its 14th Session of Standing Committee on Copyrights and Related Rights (SCCR) from 1-5 May 2006 to debate the proposed Broadcasting Treaty. Country delegates expressed concern over the draft text of the proposed treaty because it would create a number of new and excessive intellectual property rights for broadcasting ...

8 May, 2006: “Webcasting Gets a Reprieve” in MIT Technology Review

8 May, 2006: “As It Happens” on the UN Broadcasting Treaty (CBC Radio)

8 May, 2006: US Deal Allows Webcasting, Simulcasting to be Considered Separately (Washington Internet Daily)

8 May, 2006: Webcasting Gets a Repreive (MIT Technology Review)

5 May, 2006: IP Justice Slides on Broadcasting Treaty at iTechlaw Conference, San Francisco Fairmont Hotel [PowerPoint .ppt format]

4 May, 2006: Joint Position of NGOs on Including Webcasting in Broadcasting Treaty [Word .doc format]

4 May, 2006: James Love: WIPO carves up the Internet (and the broadcast spectrum)

3 May, 2006: “North- South Division at WIPO Broadcasting Rights Meeting” by SUNS

2 May, 2006: IP Justice: “WIPO Debates Fate of Treaty on Broadcasting & Webcasting”
IP Justice Media Release ~ 2 May 2006 Contact: Robin D. Gross, IP Justice Executive Director Telephone: +1.415.553.6261 Email: robin@ipjustice.org WIPO Debates Fate of Treaty on Broadcasting and Webcasting: Controversial Provisions Remain in Treaty Draft Over Majority Objections (Geneva)  IP Justice is in Geneva to participate at the 14th session of the Standing Committee on Copyrights and Related Rights (SCCR) at the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) from 1-5 May 2006.  WIPO is the United Nations Specialized Agency that writes intellectual property rights treaties.   This meeting is the final SCCR meeting before the WIPO General Assembly votes this fall to send the Broadcasting Treaty to a Diplomatic Conference for final treaty drafting. The main agenda item at ...

1 May, 2006: IP Justice Opinion-Editorial in “IP-Watch” on the Proposed WIPO Broadcasting Treaty

1 May, 2006: IP Justice’s “Top 10 Reasons to Reject the WIPO Broadcasting Treaty” (rev.2)
This document also available in Word .doc format Top 10 Reasons to Reject the WIPO Basic Draft Proposal for a Broadcasting Treaty May 2006 1. Eliminates the public domain for audio and video programming. The WIPO copyright committee’s Basic Draft Proposal for a Broadcasting Treaty endangers the public domain for copyrighted materials. It permits broadcasting corporations to “copyright” and control the public’s use of programming that is already in the public domain (i.e., legally belongs to the public). This creates a devastating effect on education and development, particularly in countries that can afford it the least. 2. ...

1 May, 2006: IP Justice Statement to the 14th Session of the WIPO Copyright Committee (SCCR)
IP JUSTICE STATEMENT Regarding a Proposal for a Broadcasting Treaty at the 14th Session of the WIPO Standing Committee on Copyrights and Related Rights 1-5 May 2006 Thank you, Mr. Chairman.  I speak on behalf IP Justice, an international civil liberties organization that promotes balanced intellectual property law.  Based in San Francisco, IP Justice also maintains representatives in Switzerland and Italy. Mr. Chairman, IP Justice submits that this treaty proposal is no where near ready for a Diplomatic Conference.  There remain too many ...

1 May, 2006: Civil Society Notes from Day 1 of 4th SCCR Session at WIPO

1 May, 2006: Joint Statement from Civil Society Groups on WIPO Broadcasting Treaty [PDF format]

1 May, 2006: IP Justice Op-Ed: “WIPO Broadcasting Treaty Contains Unsupported Webcasting and ‘Digital Locks’” (IP-Watch)