In a Knowledge Ecology International (KEI) post made earlier today by James Love, KEI announced that it will host an informal roundtable on the WIPO broadcast treaty text that will be discussed at the WIPO SCCR 46 meeting from April 7 to April 11, 2025.
The meeting documents are available from WIPO here: https://www.wipo.int/meetings/en/details.jsp?meeting_id=86568, including the current negotiating text, here: https://www.wipo.int/meetings/en/doc_details.jsp?doc_id=641471
KEI’s announcement on the roundtable is linked here and can be read below:
The format of the roundtable will be an information discussion of specific articles in the text, dealing with such issues as the definitions of beneficiaries and protected broadcasts, the rights granted, the provisions on national treatment and formalities, the treatment of fixation and post fixation rights (if any), the duration of protection, limitations and exceptions to rights, and other topics.
Sean Flynn, The Director of the Program on Information Justice and Intellectual Property at American University Washington College of Law, Luis Villarroel Villalon, the Director of Innovarte ONG in Chile, and James Love, Executive Director of KEI, will present some proposals for the text, but any of the particpants in the Zoom call will be encouraged in participate and share views as well. The discussion will be recorded.
To register for the call, use this link: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/eeboYsSbSXSkDL6Xx3bsnA
KEI will be posting links to some additional links to background documents shortly.
2023. Love, James P., “Comments on the September 6, 2023 Draft of a WIPO Broadcasting Treaty, the Definitions, Scope of Application, National Treatment and Formalities” (2023). Joint PIJIP/TLS Research Paper Series. 110.
https://digitalcommons.wcl.american.edu/research/1102023. James Love. The Trouble With the WIPO Broadcasting Treaty. Joint PIJIP/TLS Research Paper, Series. 85. March 2023. https://digitalcommons.wcl.american.edu/research/88
2023. Bernt Hugenholtz, Simplifying the WIPO Broadcasting Treaty: Proposed Amendments to the Third Revised Draft,
https://digitalcommons.wcl.american.edu/research/1112023. Bernt Hugenholtz, The WIPO Broadcasting Treaty: Comments on the Second Revised Draft,
https://digitalcommons.wcl.american.edu/research/842025. SCCR 46, PIJIP Technical Comments
2025. Schirru, Luca; Vyas, Lokesh; Jawara, Haddija; Ruthes Gonçalves, Lukas; McGee, Katie; Misto, Yara; and Flynn, Sean Michael Fiil, “Documentary History of the Broadcast Treaty in the SCCR (Global Version)” (2025). Joint PIJIP/TLS Research Paper Series. 145.
https://digitalcommons.wcl.american.edu/research/145
