wipo copyright

US government throws its weight behind WIPO copyright standards

News The US government has given its to backing two copyright standards developed by the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO). The WIPO Copyright Treaty (WCT) and the WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty (WPPT) contain a general update of...

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[15 Sep 1999]

Nine point ecommerce agenda mapped out at WIPO summit

News The organisation is lobbying national governments to sign its two Internet treaties - the WIPO Copyright Treaty and the WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty - before December 2001. The World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) has detailed...

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[20 Sep 1999]

Lawmakers must 'think global' for IPR solutions

News European legislators could work at the international level with the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO), the report recommends. Malcolm Harbour MEP, chairman of the Conservative Technology Forum, concurred that global solutions are what...

Tags: digital publishing, intellectual property

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[24 Jan 2005]

Copyright tussle looming over online video?

News Jule Sigall, the US Copyright Office official who led the roundtable, said the most recent language, released earlier this summer, is "very much a step towards something else" and that next week's meetings of Wipo's Standing Committee on Copyright...

Tags: netcasting, webcasting, wipo, copyright

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[06 Sep 2006]

Web 'copycats' ripping off small businesses

News Michael Cover, a partner and intellectual property expert at law firm Faegre Benson Hobson Audley who also sits on WIPO (World Intellectual Property Organization) dispute panels, told silicon.com: "If you have this kind of problem in the UK, it is...

Tags: web, website, property, intellectual

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[09 Mar 2004]

Webcasting ejected from broadcasting treaty

News The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) on Friday welcomed the news that webcasting will no longer be included in the World Intellectual Property Organization's (Wipo) broadcasting treaty. The Treaty on the Protection of Broadcasting Organizations...

Tags: webcasting, wipo, copyright, drm

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[09 May 2006]

Online copyright law moves one step closer

News The House of Representatives approved a bill based on 1996 World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) treaties. The US has moved a step closer to bringing full copyright protection to bear on the Internet.

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[05 Aug 1998]