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Broadcasting rights

Broadcasting rights (often also called media rights) are rights which a broadcasting organization negotiates with a commercial concern - such as a sports governing body or film distributor - in order to show that company's products on television or radio, either live, delayed or highlights.

The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), one of the 17 specialized agencies of the United Nations, aims to eliminate signal piracy. WIPO maintains that broadcasters' rights:

Under the Rome Convention of 1961, broadcasters have exclusive rights for 20 years to authorize or prohibit rebroadcasting, fixation (recording), reproduction and communication to the public of their broadcasts if such communication is made in places accessible to the public against payment of an entrance fee.

The term of protection of broadcasting is computed from the end of the year in which:

The updating of the international protection of broadcasting organizations has been discussed at length at the WIPO in the ambit of the Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR) and is still ongoing.

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