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<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Dear all,<u1:p></u1:p><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'><u1:p> </u1:p><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>This is to inform you
that Constance Bommelaer and Christine Runnegar participated in the WIPO
Diplomatic Conference on the Protection of Audiovisual Performances (<st1:city u2:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Beijing</st1:city></st1:place></st1:City></st1:place>,
20-26 June) where high-level representatives of WIPO Member States gathered to
finalize and sign the Beijing Audiovisual Performances Treaty. The treaty's
objective is to provide intellectual property rights for performers in their
audiovisual performances (such as actors in film and TV) that are relevant for
the current and evolving digital environment.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'><u1:p> </u1:p><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>In its opening
statement, the Internet Society called on WIPO Member States to preserve an
Open Internet while protecting artists' rights and their Intellectual Property,
and specifically to implement the principles incorporated in the ISOC statement
of principles, and to protect and preserve the Internet.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>The Internet Society called for fair and equitable IPR frameworks that
respect the broader public interest. The Internet Society encouraged the
preservation of human capacities enabled by the Internet through a number of
the ISOC principles such as the ability to Connect, to Communicate, to Innovate
without permission and the ability to Share. Coherent policies at national and
international levels are needed to minimize uncertainty for Internet
intermediaries and other stakeholders, and to foster Internet access and use,
online innovation, investment, competition, and the free flow of information
across borders. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black'>Read the
Internet Society's Statement at the WIPO Diplomatic Conference: <a
href="https://www.internetsociety.org/protecting-rights-performers-internet-society-speaks-wipo-diplomatic-conference">https://www.internetsociety.org/protecting-rights-performers-internet-society-speaks-wipo-diplomatic-conference</a><u1:p></u1:p></span></font><font
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<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black'>Thank you
and best regards,<u1:p></u1:p></span></font><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Constance Bommelaer<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Director, Public Policy<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>The Internet Society<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=navy face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:navy'><a href="http://www.isoc.org/">www.isoc.org</a>
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