List of parties to international copyright treaties
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Below is a list of countries which have signed and ratified one or more multilateral international copyright treaties. This list covers only multilateral treaties (i.e., treaties by more than two countries). It does not include bilateral treaties (treaties between only two countries). Related rights provide intellectual property rights for performers, producers of sound recordings (phonograms) and broadcasting organisations. In some countries these rights are known simply as copyright, while other countries distinguish them from authors' rights: in either case, the international laws which are concerned with them are distinct from those concerned with literary and artistic works under the Berne Convention and other treaties.
- Berne
- Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works, Berne, 1886-09-09, came into force 1887-12-05[1]
- UCC Geneva
- Universal Copyright Convention, Geneva Act, 1952-09-06, came into force 1955-09-16[2]
- UCC Paris
- Universal Copyright Convention, Paris Act, 1971-07-24, came into force 1974-07-10[3]
- TRIPS
- Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights, Marrakech, 1994-04-15, came into force 1995-01-01[4] Note: membership in TRIPS coincides with membership in the World Trade Organization; observer governments of the World Trade Organization are marked observer in the table below.
- WCT
- WIPO Copyright Treaty, Geneva, 1996-12-20, came into force 2002-03-05[5]
The list below was taken from details supplied by WIPO, UNESCO and the WTO (see references): they are correct as of 2005-12-11 (2000-01-01 for the Universal Copyright Convention), and include some accessions after that date. Dates quoted are the date on which the treaty came into effect for a given country.
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[edit] See also
- List of parties to international related rights treaties
- List of parties to international patent treaties
- List of parties to international trademark treaties
- List of parties to international design rights treaties
[edit] References
- ^ Parties to the Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works; document dated 2008-01-15, retrieved 2008-02-15.
- ^ Parties to the Geneva Act of the Universal Copyright Convention as of 2000-01-01: the dates given in the document are dates of ratification, not dates of coming into force. The Geneva Act came into force on 1955-09-16 for the first twelve to have ratified (which included four non-members of the Berne Union as required by Art. 9.1), or three months after ratification for other countries.
- ^ Parties to the Paris Act of the Universal Copyright Convention as of 2000-01-01: the dates given in the document are dates of ratification, not dates of coming into force. The Paris Act came into force on 1974-07-10 for countries having ratified before that date, or three months after ratification for other countries.
- ^ Members of the World Trade Organization: document dated 2007-07-27, retrieved 2008-02-15.
- ^ Parties to the WIPO Copyright Treaty: document dated 2008-01-15, retrieved 2008-02-15, last ratification recorded 2007-07-26.
