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1、ReportontheDraftWIPOBroadcastingTreatyByShyamkrishnaBalganesh,DevGangjee,TatyanaNikiforova,TinaPiperGraduatestudentsintheFacultyofLaw,UniversityofOxford.A.IntroductionOnApril1,2004theWorldIntellectualPropertyOrganization(WIPO)releasedaconsolidatedtextforatreatytoprotectbroadcastingorganizations,ot
2、herwiseknownastheBroadcastingTreaty.ThisreporthasbeendraftedasaninitialresponsetothatdrafttreatyandtheintendedaudienceisgroupswhoarealreadyfamiliarwiththedebateconcerningtheBroadcastTreaty.Thereportdealswithfourkeyareas.First,itarguesthattheover-propertizationofbroadcastrightsthroughthetreatymayle
3、adtoatragedyoftheanticommons,ortheunder-useoftheresourcesinquestion.Second,thereportshowsthatcontrarytotheimpressioncreatedbytheDraftTreaty,manyoftheproposalsforthenewtreatyareinfactsignificantchangesfromtheexistingtreatyregime.Ofparticularconcernistheextensionoftermto50years,aperiodthatishardlyju
4、stifiableasnecessaryforbroadcastersinordertorecouptheirinvestment.Third,thereportarguesbyanalogytothestrugglestocreateaworkabledatabaserightthatcloseconsiderationmustbegiventoproposalstoextendthescopeandtermofrightsbroadcastrightsthatareprotectedbyotherregimes.Finally,thereportinterrogatesthestrat
5、egyofusingWIPOastheforumforthenegotiationofthistreatygivenitsconstitutionalmandatetopromoteintellectualproperty,itsfundingstructureanditslimitedmeansforengagingbroaderstakeholdersinpolicydevelopment.B.Potentialanticommonsproperty?Thethrustoftheproposedtreatyliesinthecreationofanew‘broadcastingrigh
6、t’.Whilesomepartiesareadditionallykeenonintroducingparallelrightsinthecontextofcable-castingandinternetweb-casting,therearealargenumberofcountriesopposingthecreationofthesetwoadditionalrightsaswell.Iftheyarefinallyintroducedintothetreaty,theywillresultinthecreationofparallelexclusivetransmissionri
7、ghtsinthecontextofcable-basedtransmissionsandinternet-basedsimultaneousdigitaltransmissions.SeeProtectionoftheRightsofBroadcastingOrganizationsWIPOStandingCommitteeonCopyrightandRelatedRights,DocumentSCCR/10/3,15
