É um tema estruturante e de grande importãncia no futuro:

«During a five-day meeting in Geneva of the U.N. World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights, an unlikely coalition of delegates from developing nations and technology organizations such as Intel and the U.S. Telecom Association voiced strong objections to treaty provisions covering webcasting and "simulcasting" over broadcast or cable networks and computer networks»

fonte: «Webcasting Gets a Reprieve», Technology Review, Wade Roush, 8/5/06