Groups Raise Concern About Broadcast Treaty Negotiations - CDT this week joined a group of public interest organizations calling on Congress to examine ongoing efforts at the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) to create a treaty that would grant broad new intellectual-property-like rights to broadcasters, "cablecasters," and possibly webcasters. In a letter to members of the House and Senate Judiciary Committees, the groups expressed concern that proposed treaty could have a number of negative side effects, noting that there has been virtually no public debate so far about the need for such a treaty, its likely impact, or the changes it would require to established U.S. law. A group of corporations and trade associations sent a separate letter also expressing concern. June 09, 2006
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