RE: Re: Rights of broadcasters in US and other countries

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> From: CNI-COPYRIGHT -- Copyright & Intellectual Property
> [mailto:CNI-COPYRIGHT[_at_]cni.org]On Behalf Of Mike Holderness
> Sent: Wednesday, February 16, 2005 2:31 PM
> To: CNI-COPYRIGHT -- Copyright & Intellectual Property
> Subject: [CNI-(C)] Re: Rights of broadcasters in US and other countries
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> In-Reply-To: <list-9017133[_at_]cni.org>
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> I have tried and failed to establish impacts that the new *broadcast*
> rights would have either on users or on creators (the more
> serious of whom
> also, of course, have an interest as heavy-duty users). I am not
> a lawyer;
> but I am a journalist and therefore damn well ought to have some
> expertise
> in looking with maximum cynicism at the possible interpretations of a
> text.

Mike
Think harder.

For example, take a public domain documentary. Just by broadcasting it,now the TV company has a 150+ copyright on the documentary and no one could in theory broadcast it without permission of the first TV company. Received on Tue Feb 22 2005 - 02:55:00 GMT