Representatives of nine broadcasting associations from around the world met in Geneva to assess the progress that is being made towards their goal of an international treaty to protect broadcasters’ rights to be concluded under the auspices of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO).
Speaking after the meeting Moira Burnett of the European Broadcasting Union said: “There is now a fair chance that WIPO will call a Diplomatic Conference in 2005 on the basis that further work on the protection of webcasters will be postponed until after the broadcasters’ treaty has been adopted.”
The nine broadcasting associations referred to are the Asia Pacific Broadcasting Union (ABU), Association of Commercial Broadcasters in Europe (ACT), Arab States Broadcasting Union (ASBU), European Broadcasting Union (EBU), North American National Broadcasters Association (NABA), National Association of Broadcasters (NAB), Union of National Radio and Television Organizations of Africa (URTNA), National Association of Commercial Broadcasters in Japan (NAB-Japan), Televisa, Mexico.