Tomorrow I’m going to a meeting in DC with the US delegates to WIPO to try them to go to Congress before proposing a new “Webcasting” provision that would require you to get permission before you could reproduce content from someone else’s site even if that content is in the public domain. This extends to distributors the (insane) power that content owners currently have. Not only would this further restrict the flow of ideas, it would also require strong DRM be installed on every machine. (I blogged some sources here.)

It looks like about 30 people will be at the meeting. I am among the least qualified to talk on this topic, so I am going in order to be a solid life form with an intent look on its face. Should be interesting… [Tags: wipo digital_rights internet copyright]

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