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Wednesday, June 21, 2006

Petition to the WIPO Regarding the Broadcast Treaty as it Affects Podcasting and Podcasters.

"[...] This is a petition to the World Intellectual Property organization (WIPO) regarding the Broadcast Treaty as it affects podcasting and podcasters.

This treaty as it stands gives broadcasters (not creators or copyright holders) the right to tie up the use of audiovisual material for 50 years after broadcasting it, even if the programs are in the public domain, Creative Commons licensed, or not copyrightable.

We consider this to be an infringement of the right of the originator of a work to determine its form of licence, future usage and copyright status. [...]"

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See also my earlier posting

there.

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