Business, Innovation and Skills written question – answered at on 14 July 2011.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what his Department's policy is on the World Intellectual Property Organisation's Broadcasting Treaty negotiations.
holding answer
International protection of broadcasters' rights is out of date. In particular, piracy of broadcasts on the internet is a border-crossing phenomenon requiring international action. The UK therefore strongly supports proposals to update the protection of broadcasters at a global level through a treaty at World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO), including providing broadcasters with an exclusive right to authorise re-transmission over the internet.
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No0 people think not
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