Classic lobby pits broadcasters against satellite and cable giants

Protection of the Rights of Broadcasting Organizations is controversial, and heating up

A classic lobby is heating up over an emerging international treaty on broadcasting rights, pitting a major broadcasters association against a coalition of communications giants, including Rogers, Bell, and Telus.

The proposed treaty, the Protection of the Rights of Broadcasting Organizations, is controversial because depending on the form it takes, it may create a new intellectual property right for foreign broadcasters, and large...