U.N. convenes broadcasting treaty talks in 2007

UN CONVENES BROADCAST TREATY TALKS IN 2007
[SOURCE: Reuters]
The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) agreed on Monday to convene a conference late next year to complete negotiations on a new international broadcasting treaty, ending eight years of wrangling. The WIPO general assembly, the United Nations agency's top decision-making body, called the so-called diplomatic conference for November 19-December 7. The need to update the existing treaty has been made more acute by a growing signal-piracy problem in many parts of the world, WIPO officials said. But some question whether the broadcasters need any further protection than that already given to them by international copyright and other existing intellectual property provisions. The scope of a future treaty, as well as the duration of any protection granted, are amongst issues to be decided at the 2007 conference.
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