WO/GA/43/13
WIPO General Assembly
Forty-Third (21st Ordinary) Session
Geneva, September 23 to October 2, 2013
REPORT ON THE WORK OF THE STANDING COMMITTEE ON COPYRIGHT AND RELATED RIGHTS
prepared by the Secretariat
A. PROTECTION OF BROADCASTING ORGANIZATIONS
It is recalled that the updating of the rights of broadcasting organizations in response to technological developments has been under discussion in all SCCR sessions since 1998, including two special sessions exclusively devoted to that subject in 2007.
An Intersessional Meeting on the Protection of Broadcasting Organizations was organized in Geneva from April 10 to 12, 2013. The discussions contributed to progress on a draft treaty to update the protection of broadcasting and cablecasting organizations in the traditional sense. The outcome of the consultations will be presented to the 26th session of the SCCR.
During the 25th session of the SCCR and the Intersessional Meeting on the Protection of Broadcasting Organizations, the Committee pursued discussions on the single text titled “Working document for a treaty on the protection of broadcasting organizations”
(documents SCCR/24/10 and SCCR/24/10/CORR), which will constitute the basis for further text-based discussions to be undertaken by the Committee in its 26th session. The Committee also took into account various proposals and comments on this issue from previous SCCR sessions.
At its Forty-First Session held in 2012, the WIPO General Assembly took note that the Committee reaffirmed its commitment to continue work on a signal based approach, consistent with the 2007 General Assembly mandate, towards developing an international treaty to update the protection of broadcasting and cablecasting organizations in the traditional sense, and encouraged the Committee to continue its work. The WIPO General Assembly also approved the Committee recommendation that the SCCR continue its work toward a text that will enable a decision on whether to convene a diplomatic conference in 2014.
The protection of broadcasting organizations will be maintained on the agenda of the 26th session of the SCCR.