FW: PROPOSED WIPO BROADCASTING TREATY (71 FR 74565)

["Olga Francois" <OFrancois@xxxxxxxx>]

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COPYRIGHT OFFICE AND PTO INVITE PARTICIPATION IN ROUNDTABLE
ON PROPOSED WIPO BROADCASTING TREATY (71 FR 74565)

The Copyright Office and the Patent and Trademark Office
announce a public roundtable discussion, to take place on
January 3, 2007, in Alexandria, Virginia, concerning the
work at the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
in the Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights
(SCCR) on a proposed Treaty on the Protection of the Rights
of Broadcasting Organizations. Participants should be
prepared to identify and discuss the issues and problems
associated with the Revised Draft Basic Proposal for the
Treaty. At the September 2006 WIPO General Assembly, the
decision was taken to convene two special sessions of the
SCCR to clarify the outstanding issues, the first one in
January 2007. The special sessions of the SCCR shall aim to
reach agreement on, and finalize, a signal-based approach,
the objectives, specific scope, and object of protection
with a view to submitting to a possible November 2007
Diplomatic Conference a revised basic proposal that will
amend the agreed relevant parts of the Revised Draft Basic
Proposal (Document SCCR/15/2). Members of the public are
invited to attend the roundtable, but due to space
limitations, attendance is limited to the first 40
respondents. Those wishing to participate in the discussion
on the topics outlined in the Federal Register notice should
submit requests to participate, preferably by email or fax.
For further information, go to

<a href="http://www.copyright.gov/fedreg/2006/71fr74565.html";>
http://www.copyright.gov/fedreg/2006/71fr74565.html </a>