[Linux-aus] Broadcast and netcasting: the next round on our digital rights.

[Janet Hawtin <lucychili@internode.on.net>]

Hi folks

Just a heads up that beyond the DMCA on the not so distand horizon
the same WIPO organisation is working on giving people who broadcast or netcast 
over the internet 'parity' licenses with their offline counterparts.
This means they want to own copyright of material they transmit.
Regardless of the status of the material as public domain, cc or copyright to a 
person or organisation.

Some good links for information on this issue include

New Yorkers for Fair Use
http://www.nyfairuse.org/action/wipo.xcast/

James Love has a good article here
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/james-love/a-unwipo-plan-to-regulat_b_11480.html

I got the information via the A2K website.
http://www.access2knowledge.org/

Janet