<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; "><DIV>Greetings all,</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><I>Just found this on </I><A href="ttp://www.wipo.int/edocs/prdocs/en/2006/wipo_ma_2006_23.html"><I>WIPO's website</I></A><I>, via </I><A href="http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/archives/004739.php"><I>Eff.org</I></A><I>, via </I><A href="http://www.boingboing.net/2006/06/13/wipo_meets_to_screw_.html"><I>boingboing.net</I></A><I>...</I><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>On June 21 in Barcelona, WIPO is organizing a seminar with leading broadcasters from around the globe to talk about a new international broadcast treaty that would create a new broadcast licensing regime. The good news is that it is free and open to the public! So send this along to colleagues who are in Spain or can get there by June 21!<DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"><DIV>Read Jamie Boyle's <A href="http://news.ft.com/cms/s/fa07af4a-fadc-11da-b4d0-0000779e2340.html">excellent summary </A>of the dangers of this new layer of broadcast / webcast licensing on top of already onerous IP licensing regimes: <A href="http://news.ft.com/cms/s/fa07af4a-fadc-11da-b4d0-0000779e2340.html">http://news.ft.com/cms/s/fa07af4a-fadc-11da-b4d0-0000779e2340.html</A> .</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Rik Panganiban</DIV><DIV>Social Science Research Council</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"><DIV><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"><TABLE width="468.0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="width: 468.0px; padding: 1.0px 0.0px 1.0px 0.0px"><TBODY><TR><TD valign="middle" style="width: 350.0px; padding: 0.0px 1.0px 0.0px 1.0px"><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV></TD><TD valign="middle" style="width: 350.0px; padding: 0.0px 1.0px 0.0px 1.0px"><P style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 13px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#003B99" face="Arial" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;"><B>Media Alert 23</B></SPAN></FONT></P><P style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#333333" face="Arial" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px;"><B>Geneva, June 13, 2006</B></SPAN></FONT></P></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><P align="center" style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#333333" face="Arial" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px;"><B>BARCELONA SEMINAR TO DISCUSS BROADCASTING ISSUES</B></SPAN></FONT></P><P style="text-align: auto;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Geneva">International experts, business leaders, academics, government delegates and policy makers will come together on June 21, 2006, in Barcelona, under the auspices of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), the Catalan Broadcasting Council and the Barcelona Bar Association, to examine current technical, economic and legal realities in the field of broadcasting and identify areas for development.</FONT></P><P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Geneva">The seminar entitled "The Proposed WIPO Treaty on the Protection of Broadcasting Organizations: From the Rome Convention to Podcasting" is designed to provide a forum for discussion on intellectual property policies and strategies, including the use of copyright and related rights within the broadcasting industry.</FONT></P><P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Geneva">The seminar, which is open to the public, will provide an opportunity for all interested participants to share their views on the possible impact of updating the rights of broadcasting organization which were last established in 1961 with the Rome Convention on the Protection of Performers, Producers of Phonograms and Broadcasting Organizations. Further information about the status of negotiations on this issue is available from: </FONT><A href="http://www.wipo.int/edocs/prdocs/en/2006/wipo_upd_2006_274.html"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Geneva"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#2C6DCB">http://www.wipo.int/edocs/prdocs/en/2006/wipo_upd_2006_274.html</FONT></FONT></A><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Geneva">).</FONT></P><P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Geneva">The seminar is organized with the support of the Association of Commercial Television in Europe (ACT), Association of European Radios (AER), Association of Spanish Commercial Radio (AERC), International Association of Broadcasting (AIR), European Broadcasting Union (EBU), and the Audiovisual Producers Rights Management Organization (EGEDA). The seminar will be held at the Barcelona Bar Association, Calle Mallorca 283, Barcelona and will run from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. The full program and registration details are available from </FONT><A href="http://www.wipo.int/copyright/en/"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Geneva"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#2C6DCB">http://www. wipo.int/copyright</FONT></FONT></A><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Geneva"> and </FONT><A href="http://www.audiovisualcat.net/"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Geneva"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#2C6DCB">http://www.audiovisualcat.net/</FONT></FONT></A><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Geneva">. Simultaneous interpretation will be available in English and Spanish.</FONT></P><P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Geneva">Journalists wishing to cover this event are requested to contact the Media Relations and Public Affairs Section at WIPO: Tel: + 41 22 338 8161 or 338 95 47; e-mail: </FONT><A href="mailto:publicinf@wipo.int"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Geneva"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#2C6DCB">publicinf@wipo.int</FONT></FONT></A><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Geneva">.</FONT></P></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV><BR><BR><DIV> <SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: auto; -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; -apple-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: auto; -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; -apple-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><DIV><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000080" face="Verdana" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;; color: rgb(0, 0, 128); font-family: Verdana; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 128); font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 128); font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10px; ">Rik Panganiban</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></FONT></SPAN><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000080" face="Verdana" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;; 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color: rgb(0, 0, 128); font-family: Verdana; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 128); font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 128); font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10px; ">Necessary Knowledge for a Democratic Public Sphere</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></FONT></SPAN><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000080" face="Verdana" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;; color: rgb(0, 0, 128); font-family: Verdana; "></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></DIV><DIV><SPAN style="font-size: 7.5pt;font-family:Verdana;color:navy; color: rgb(0, 0, 128); font-size: 10px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000080" face="Verdana" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;; color: rgb(0, 0, 128); font-family: Verdana; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 128); font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 128); font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10px; ">Social Science Research Council</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></FONT></SPAN><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000080" face="Verdana" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;; color: rgb(0, 0, 128); font-family: Verdana; "></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></DIV><DIV><SPAN style="font-size: 7.5pt;font-family:Verdana;color:navy; color: rgb(0, 0, 128); font-size: 10px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000080" face="Verdana" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;; color: rgb(0, 0, 128); font-family: Verdana; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 128); font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 128); font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10px; ">810 </SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></FONT><ST1:PLACE w:st="on"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000080" face="Verdana" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;; color: rgb(0, 0, 128); font-family: Verdana; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 128); font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 128); font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10px; ">Seventh Avenue</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></FONT></ST1:PLACE><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000080" face="Verdana" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;; color: rgb(0, 0, 128); font-family: Verdana; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 128); font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 128); font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10px; ">, 31st Floor</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></FONT></SPAN><ST1:PLACE w:st="on"><ST1:CITY w:st="on"><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000080" face="Verdana" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;; color: rgb(0, 0, 128); font-family: Verdana; "></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></ST1:CITY></ST1:PLACE></DIV><DIV><ST1:PLACE w:st="on"><ST1:CITY w:st="on"><SPAN style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Verdana; color:navy; color: rgb(0, 0, 128); font-size: 10px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000080" face="Verdana" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;; color: rgb(0, 0, 128); font-family: Verdana; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 128); font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 128); font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10px; ">New York</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></ST1:CITY><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000080" face="Verdana" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;; color: rgb(0, 0, 128); font-family: Verdana; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 128); font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 128); font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10px; "> </SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></FONT><ST1:STATE w:st="on"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000080" face="Verdana" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;; 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"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 128); font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10px; ">10019</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></FONT></ST1:POSTALCODE></SPAN></ST1:PLACE><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000080" face="Verdana" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;; color: rgb(0, 0, 128); font-family: Verdana; "></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></DIV><DIV><SPAN style="font-size: 7.5pt;font-family:Verdana;color:navy; color: rgb(0, 0, 128); font-size: 10px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000080" face="Verdana" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;; color: rgb(0, 0, 128); font-family: Verdana; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 128); font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 128); font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10px; ">PH: 212.377.2700 x 644</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></DIV><DIV><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000080" face="Verdana" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;; 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