Who Needs Copyright When You Have Broadcast Rights?
from the just-take-a-couple-steps-backwards dept
Ernest Miller has written up a pretty damning piece about a new WIPO treaty designed to "protect" broadcasters. As Miller points out, who knew that broadcasters were facing extinction? Miller also points out exactly what's so dreadful about this treaty. It basically gives more rights to the broadcaster (including webcasting) than the copyright holder of the content. In other words, if you want to have control over content that you don't own the copyright to (say, for example, stuff that's in the public domain), you just need to broadcast it, and it's all yours under this treaty.
Thank you for reading this Techdirt post. With so many things competing for everyone’s attention these days, we really appreciate you giving us your time. We work hard every day to put quality content out there for our community.
Techdirt is one of the few remaining truly independent media outlets. We do not have a giant corporation behind us, and we rely heavily on our community to support us, in an age when advertisers are increasingly uninterested in sponsoring small, independent sites — especially a site like ours that is unwilling to pull punches in its reporting and analysis.
While other websites have resorted to paywalls, registration requirements, and increasingly annoying/intrusive advertising, we have always kept Techdirt open and available to anyone. But in order to continue doing so, we need your support. We offer a variety of ways for our readers to support us, from direct donations to special subscriptions and cool merchandise — and every little bit helps. Thank you.
–The Techdirt Team
