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WIPO Copyright Treaty (WCT)

The Treaty mentions two subject matters to be protected by copyright, (i) computer programs, whatever may be the mode or form of their expression, and (ii) compilations of data or other material (databases), in any form, which by reason of the selection or arrangement of their contents constitute intellectual creations. Where a database does not constitute such a creation, it is outside the scope of this Treaty.

Publication year: 1996

Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works

The Convention rests on three basic principles and contains a series of provisions determining the minimum protection to be granted, as well as special provisions available to developing countries which want to make use of them.

Publication year: 1979

Convention Relating to the Distribution of Programme-Carrying Signals Transmitted by Satellite

The Convention deals with the obligation of each Contracting State to take adequate measures to prevent the unauthorized distribution on or from its territory of any programme-carrying signal transmitted by satellite.

Publication year: 1974

Convention for the Protection of Producers of Phonograms Against Unauthorized Duplication of Their Phonograms

The Convention deals with the obligation of each Contracting State to protect a producer of phonograms who is a national of another Contracting State against the making of duplicates without the consent of the producer; against the importation of such duplicates, where the making or importation is for the purposes of distribution to the public; and against the distribution of such duplicates to the public.

Publication year: 1973

International Convention for the Protection of Performers, Producers of Phonograms and Broadcasting Organisations (Rome Convention)

The Rome Convention secures protection in performances for performers, in phonograms for producers of phonograms and in broadcasts for broadcasting organizations.

Publication year: 1961