WIPO committee approves recommendation of the Broadcast Treaty to full WIPO assembly

On Wednesday in Geneva, WIPO's Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR) approved a recommendation that the proposed "Treaty on the Protection of Broadcasting Organizations" move ahead to a diplomatic conference.

What that means is that proponents of the Broadcast Treaty won this latest battle. But there are more battles ahead for the Treaty.

First, the recommendation to proceed with a diplomatic conference must be approved by the General Assembly when it meets for its annual meeting the last week of September (yours truly will be there).

If that succeeds, the next thing will be the diplomatic conference where final language (and thus the Treaty itself) can be approved. Said conference would take place early in 2007 at a location yet to be decided.