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CRNR/DC/57 Rev.
ORIGINAL: English
DATE: December 12, 1996

WORLD INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY ORGANIZATION

GENEVA

DIPLOMATIC CONFERENCE
ON
CERTAIN COPYRIGHT AND NEIGHBORING RIGHTS QUESTIONS

Geneva, December 2 to 20, 1996

AMENDMENT TO ARTICLES 2, 7, 11, 12, 14, 18, 19, 22 and 23 OF TREATY No. 2

proposed by the Delegations of Algeria, Angola, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Chad, Côte d'Ivoire, Egypt, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Kenya, Lesotho, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritius, Morocco, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa, Sudan, Togo, Tunisia, United Republic of Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe

The following amendments are proposed:

1 Replace the current draft paragraph (2)(d) of Article 2 with the following text:

"producer of a phonogram" means the person who, or the legal entity which, is responsible for making the arrangements for the first fixation of the sounds of a performance or other sounds, or the representation of sounds.

2 Replace the current draft paragraph (2) of Article 7 with the following text:

Reproduction does not as such constitute a reproduction within the meaning of this Treaty where -

3 Renumber the current draft Article 11 as paragraph (1) of Article 11 and insert the following text as paragraph (2):

For the purposes of paragraph (1), the phrase "making available" means the initial act of making the performance available to the public and does not include merely providing facilities or the means for enabling or performing such act.

4 Delete the phrase "for commercial purposes" from the current draft paragraph (1) of Article 12.

5 Replace the current draft paragraph 2 of Article 14 with the following text:

Reproduction does not as such constitute a reproduction within the meaning of this Treaty where -

6 Renumber the current draft Article 18 as paragraph (1) of Article 18 and insert the following text as paragraph (2):

For the purposes of paragraph (1), the phrase "making available" means the initial act of making the phonogram available to the public and does not include merely providing facilities or the means for enabling or performing such act.

7 Delete the phrase "for commercial purposes" from the current draft paragraph (1) of Article 19.

8 Replace the current draft Article 22 with the following text:

Contracting Parties shall provide adequate legal protection and effective legal remedies against the circumvention of effective technological measures that are used by rights holders in connection with the exercise of their rights under this Treaty and that restrict acts, in respect of their works, which are not authorized by the rights holders concerned or permitted by law.

9 Replace the current draft paragraph (1) of Article 23 with the following text:

(1) Contracting Parties shall provide appropriate and effective legal remedies against any person who knowingly performs any of the following acts knowing that by doing so such person is enabling, facilitating or concealing an infringement of any of the rights under this Treaty:

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