Civil Society Groups Criticize WIPO Broadcast Treaty Limitations and Exceptions
[Memorandum Endorsed by Seven Civil Society Groups] A broad collection of civil society organizations, including the representatives of thousands of libraries and over 30 million teachers, sent a letter to country delegates of the World Intellectual Property Organization criticizing the draft Broadcasting Treaty being considered by member states next week. At issue is the draft treaty’s limitations and exceptions clause, which the organizations argue “would fail to ensure all uses allowed by copyright” and would “add new international law restrictions on the adoption of limitations and exceptions for parties to the Rome Convention.”
