ACA AMERICAN CABLE ASSOCIATION Joint Statement of Certain Civil Society,

ATVA Rightsholders, Cablecasters and Webcasters, AMERICAN TELEVISION ALLIANCE and Private Sector Representatives for the CCIA nd COMPUTER AND COMMUNICATIONS 22 Session of the SCCR INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION

CC The undersigned organisations represent a broad set of CREATIVE COMMONS constituencies with a direct interest in the discussions CDT underway regarding an international instrument relating to CENTER FOR DEMOCRACY & TECHNOLOGY broadcasting.

CEA CONSUMER ELECTRONICS We do not believe that there has been any change in the ASSOCIATION situation with respect to a proposed treaty on broadcasting CI since the Conclusions of the Second Special Session of the CONSUMERS INTERNATIONAL SCCR in June of 2007 recorded that “ … it would not be possible CIPPIC to reach an agreement on the objectives, specific scope, and object SAMUELSON-GLUSHKO CANADIAN INTERNET POLICY & PUBLIC of protection…” of a treaty. INTEREST CLINIC We have seen no evidence that the discussions in subsequent CIS, INDIA CENTRE FOR INTERNET & SOCIETY meetings have produced any new positions or proposals that

CTIA bring agreement closer on any of the mentioned areas: THE WIRELESS ASSOCIATION objective, specific scope or object of protection – rather the

DiMA opposite seems to be the case. DIGITAL MEDIA ASSOCIATION So far we have heard not a single example of harm to broadcasters EDRI EUROPEAN DIGITAL RIGHTS which cannot be remedied using existing international norms in the field – in particular, we note that the harm alleged previously related EFF ELECTRONIC FRONTIER to ‘recordings of broadcasts’ being made available on the FOUNDATION Internet are not evidence of harm to broadcasters at all, since eIFL what is being disseminated is not a broadcast but a fixation of ELECTRONIC INFORMATION FOR the programme itself – for which copyright and related rights LIBRARIES protection already provides remedies. FSFE FREE SOFTWARE FOUNDATION EUROPE We respectfully consider that many challenges confront the copyright and related rights system at the present time, and it IFLA INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION OF would be unfortunate if the SCCR were to continue to devote LIBRARY ASSOCIATIONS AND time to a subject that has produced no agreement on any INSTITUTIONS fundamental point despite more than a decade of negotiations. IMMF The SCCR could, for example, deal with limitations and INTERNATIONAL MUSIC MANAGERS FORUM exceptions that support creation, access, and innovative services. Intel

IPJustice We are at the disposal of the distinguished delegates to the SCCR to

KEI discuss these views and we thank you for your consideration. KNOWLEDGE ECOLOGY INTERNATIONAL

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