Copyrighting the air: WIPO roundup.(Citings)(World Intellectual Property Organization)(Brief Article) From: Reason | Date: March 1, 2005| Author: | COPYRIGHT 2005 Reason Foundation. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information) Copyright information

IN NOVEMBER the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) met in Geneva to negotiate a new broadcasting treaty. The old agreement, known as the Rome Convention, had been around since 1961; there had been a lot of technological changes in the ensuing four decades, so there was plenty to incorporate into the new accords. Most participating countries wanted the document to address the issue of "signal piracy"--the illicit interception of coded transmissions, a practice that often crosses borders. But Europe and America had a larger agenda.

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