WIPO Committee recommends 
a diplomatic conference in July 2007

Geneva, 14 September 2006 - The EBU is pleased with the result of a WIPO Committee meeting which has recommended the convening of a diplomatic conference in July 2007 to update the rights of broadcasters in their signal in the digital age. 

Broadcasters have been working for over eight years for a new treaty; their rights have not been updated internationally for 45 years. 

The EBU is looking forward to WIPO's upcoming General Assembly and is optimistic that it will adopt the Committee's recommendation.

Contact: Ms Moira Burnett
+ 41 (0) 22 717 25 05
daj@ebu.ch
www.ebu.ch

About the EBU: 

The European Broadcasting Union, the world’s largest professional association of national broadcasters with 74 active Members in 54 countries of Europe, North Africa and the Middle East, and 44 associate Members in 25 countries further afield, coordinates technical cooperation, stimulates co-productions, and operates the state-of-the-art Eurovision and Euroradio networks that transmit news, programmes and events. It provides technical, legal and lobbying advice, and acquires broadcasting rights on behalf of its members

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