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"One of the major projects I worked on at the Electronic Frontier Foundation was working to kill the World Intellectual Property Organization's "Broadcast Treaty," a treaty that would have given a new form of copyright to broadcasters. Under this proposal, the mere act of broadcasting audio or video would trigger a new right for the broadcaster to control all copies made from that broadcast. This right wouldn't be subject to the same fair use or fair dealing rules, and would cover works that were in the public domain. It would also give broadcasters the right to control copies of works where the actual creator has explicitly allowed copies to be made, such as Creative Commons works. "

"Der seit fast zwanzig Jahren verhandelte "Broadcasting Treaty" soll Rundfunkanbietern ein neues Schutzrecht gewähren. Im Interview erklärt der Direktor der kritischen Knowledge Ecology Foundation, was seine Organisation dagegen hat."