Copyright treaty draws tech industry criticism
An online culture built around user-generated content on Web sites like YouTube and MySpace would be imperiled by a new treaty, public interest groups and some technology companies said Tuesday.A loose coalition of 35 companies and organizations, which are often at odds with each other on other topics, joined together to sign a statement of opposition (click for PDF), which was distributed at the two-hour event. The signatories included Dell, Hewlett Packard, Intel, AT&T, Verizon Communications, Sony, and TiVo, as well as the American Library Association, the Broadband Service Providers Association, the Home Recording Rights Coalition, and the Electronic Frontier Foundation.