E sccr/21/2 Original: English date: August , 2010 Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights Twenty First Session Geneva, November to 12, 2010

Stakeholders Affected

		Authors & Performers	Production Firms	Rights Holders/ Licensers	Broadcasters/ Cablecasters & Cable/Satellite Operators	Audiences/ Consumers/Users	States/ Governments	Society
10 - Right of Communication to the Public		Broadcasters and cablecasters need authors’ and performers’ approval for the use of their content but do not need their approval for the use of signals; Reinforces authors’ and performers’ rights and does not preclude efforts to enforce rights independently of broadcaster/ cablecaster	Broadcasters and cablecasters need producers’ approval for the use of their content but do not need their approval for the use of signals; Reinforces producers’ rights and does not preclude efforts to enforce rights independently of broadcaster/ cablecaster	Broadcasters and cablecasters need rights holders’/ licensers’ approval for the use of their content but do not need their approval for the use of signals; Reinforces holders’/licensers’ rights and does not preclude efforts to enforce rights independently of broadcaster/ cablecaster	Expands the Rome Convention's 'right of communication to the public' by extending it to cablecasters		Obligates enforcement; Alternative M provides an option to limit the applicability of this right