IP Justice Statement at the 2nd Session of the Provisional Committee for a Development Agenda at WIPO 26 - 30 June 2006 - Geneva, Switzerland By IP Justice Executive Director Robin D. Gross Thank you, Mr. Chairman, for the opportunity to address this Provisional Committee for a Development Agenda (PCDA) at WIPO. I represent IP [...]
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 [...]
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)Â IP Justice is in Geneva to participate at the 14th session of the Standing Committee on [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]