This is frightening. There is absolutely no rhyme or reason for this behavior aside from greed. As someone just getting into the broadcast industry, I can't personally think of any reason for this behavior. They claim it has something to do with IP, but here, it seems like they're trying to claim rights got something they didn't even create (and that it would be OK). There is absolutely no reason a broadcaster deserves "special" rights to content. This is the sign of an industry that's too resistant to change and not intelligent enough to respond to it properly. Sad.
I am confused by both the perceived need and the perceived damage. I assumed that the broadcast received copyright protection because of the production artifacts other than the public domain original source. The treaty itself seems to protect the specific broadcast, but does not prohibit other broadcast of the same source material.
Am I missing something? I must be, otherwise why create such a treaty? Of course, the mere existence of an organization such as WIPO means that they have to create law, otherwise everyone would have to give up the high living of Geneva and go home.
