NAB: Evidence is irrelevant to copyright treaties

By Cory Doctorow at 5:36 am Tuesday, Jun 20

Rufus sez, "I see that you have been doing sterling work raising awareness of the 'Industry Sponsored' WIPO event on the 'casting treaty in Barcelona. In this context I thought you'd be interested in the comments of Ben Ivans (US National Association of Broadcasters) in his intervention to Nov 2005 SCCR which I came across while digging through a couple of weeks back for a presentation in Brussels.=

Parties say that before we proceed, there is a need for further study and analysis of the impact on the public. I expand on Switzerland's remark: you can't go to two weddings at once. After 7 years of deliberations and 13 meetings, it's like the groom turning to the bride on the altar asking for an audit of his bride's finances. There was no call for these studies in 1998-2002. 16 countries submitted proposals without calling for studies. There was no call for such studies for WPPT, for WCT or for Rome or others. Why now?

Link (Thanks, Rufus!)