WIPO Treaty Comes Up Roses

After months of coordinated effort, pressure brought to bear on WIPO has paid off for activists, and at the last minute, two important revisions have been made to the revised Broadcast Treaty. Importantly for podcasters,

"It has also been decided that the treaty will now take a signal-based approach instead of the messy, dangerous rights-based approach that is used in the current treaty text. This, too, is good news for the Internet community, and reflects the concerns raised by many WIPO member countries at last month's meeting." - Gwen Hinze, EFF

UKPA Chairman, Dean Whitbread, said:

"We've pushed the issue of podcasters' rights into the highest level of UK government in a positive way. Podcasting is not just about making money, it's an important social freedom, and UKPA has played a part in safeguarding that freedom."