Talk:List of parties to international copyright treaties

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Are the British Virgin Islands on this list? Do they just count as part of the UK?

Difficult to say. They are certainly part of the Universal Copyright Convention, but WIPO is not always clear about which dependent territories are parties to their treaties. As far as I can gather, their copyright law is the UK Copyright Act 1956. Physchim62 (talk) 14:13, 19 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Observers

I understand what the dates and the "signed" indications mean, but I don't understand what a TRIPS' "observer" would be. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Badmarininha (talk • contribs) 17:09, Aug 14, 2007 (UTC)

Observers at the World Trade Organization are countries which are in the process of becoming members, and hence in the process of signing up to TRIPS. As TRIPS requires compliance with the Berne Convention, they may well join the Berne Convention even sooner (if they have not already done so). The status of WTO membership negotiations can be found here. Physchim62 (talk) 22:47, 14 August 2007 (UTC)