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 (phonogram
s) 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 for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works
and other treaties.
Berne
UCC Geneva
UCC Paris
TRIPS
WCT
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.
Ratification
Ratification is a principal's approval of an act of its agent where the agent lacked authority to legally bind the principal. The term applies to private contract law, international treaties, and constitutionals in federations such as the United States and Canada.- Private law :In contract law, the...
one or more multilateral international copyright treaties. This list covers only multilateral treaties
Multilateral treaty
A multilateral treaty is a treaty to which three or more sovereign states are parties. Each party owes the same obligations to all other parties, except to the extent that they have stated reservations...
(i.e., treaties by more than two countries). It does not include bilateral treaties
Bilateral treaty
A bilateral treaty is a treaty strictly between two state parties. These two parties can be two states, or two international organizations, or one state and one international organization.It is similar to a contract, so it is called contractual treaty....
(treaties between only two countries). Related rights
Related rights
Related rights is a term in copyright law, used in opposition to the term "authors' rights". The term neighbouring rights is exactly equivalent, and is a more literal translation of the original French droits voisins. Related rights in civil law are similar to authors' rights, but are not connected...
provide intellectual property
Intellectual property
Intellectual property is a term referring to a number of distinct types of creations of the mind for which a set of exclusive rights are recognized—and the corresponding fields of law...
rights for performers, producers of sound recordings (phonogram
Sound recording and reproduction
Sound recording and reproduction is an electrical or mechanical inscription and re-creation of sound waves, such as spoken voice, singing, instrumental music, or sound effects. The two main classes of sound recording technology are analog recording and digital recording...
s) and broadcasting organisations. In some countries these rights are known simply as copyright
Copyright
Copyright is a legal concept, enacted by most governments, giving the creator of an original work exclusive rights to it, usually for a limited time...
, while other countries distinguish them from authors' rights
Authors' rights
Authors’ rights are a part of copyright law. The term is a direct translation of the French term droit d’auteur , and is generally used in relation to the copyright laws of civil law countries and in European Union law...
: 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 for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works
Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works
The Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works, usually known as the Berne Convention, is an international agreement governing copyright, which was first accepted in Berne, Switzerland in 1886.- Content :...
and other treaties.
Berne
- Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic WorksBerne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic WorksThe Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works, usually known as the Berne Convention, is an international agreement governing copyright, which was first accepted in Berne, Switzerland in 1886.- Content :...
, Berne, September 9, 1886, came into force December 5, 1887
UCC Geneva
- Universal Copyright ConventionUniversal Copyright ConventionThe Universal Copyright Convention , adopted at Geneva in 1952, is one of the two principal international conventions protecting copyright; the other is the Berne Convention....
, Geneva Act, September 6, 1952, came into force September 16, 1955
UCC Paris
- Universal Copyright ConventionUniversal Copyright ConventionThe Universal Copyright Convention , adopted at Geneva in 1952, is one of the two principal international conventions protecting copyright; the other is the Berne Convention....
, Paris Act, July 24, 1971, came into force July 10, 1974
TRIPS
- Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property RightsAgreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property RightsThe Agreement on Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights is an international agreement administered by the World Trade Organization that sets down minimum standards for many forms of intellectual property regulation as applied to nationals of other WTO Members...
, Marrakech, April 15, 1994, came into force January, 1 1995 Note: membership in TRIPS coincides with membership in the World Trade OrganizationWorld Trade OrganizationThe World Trade Organization is an organization that intends to supervise and liberalize international trade. The organization officially commenced on January 1, 1995 under the Marrakech Agreement, replacing the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade , which commenced in 1948...
; observer governments of the World Trade Organization are marked observer in the table below.
WCT
- WIPO Copyright Treaty, Geneva, December 20, 1996, came into force March 6, 2002
The list below was taken from details supplied by WIPO, UNESCO
UNESCO
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization is a specialized agency of the United Nations...
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.
| Country | Berne Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works The Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works, usually known as the Berne Convention, is an international agreement governing copyright, which was first accepted in Berne, Switzerland in 1886.- Content :... | UCC Geneva Universal Copyright Convention The Universal Copyright Convention , adopted at Geneva in 1952, is one of the two principal international conventions protecting copyright; the other is the Berne Convention.... | UCC Paris Universal Copyright Convention The Universal Copyright Convention , adopted at Geneva in 1952, is one of the two principal international conventions protecting copyright; the other is the Berne Convention.... | TRIPS Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights The Agreement on Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights is an international agreement administered by the World Trade Organization that sets down minimum standards for many forms of intellectual property regulation as applied to nationals of other WTO Members... | WCT |
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 Afghanistan |
— | — | — | observer | — |
 Albania |
— | — | |||
 Algeria |
observer | — | |||
 Andorra |
— | observer | — | ||
 Angola |
— | — | — | — | |
 Antigua and Barbuda |
— | — | — | ||
 Argentina |
— | ||||
 Armenia |
— | — | |||
 Australia |
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 Austria |
signed | ||||
 Azerbaijan |
— | observer | |||
 The Bahamas |
observer | — | |||
 Bahrain |
— | — | |||
 Bangladesh |
— | ||||
 Barbados |
— | ||||
 Belarus |
— | observer | |||
 Belgium |
— | ||||
 Belize |
— | — | |||
 Benin |
— | — | |||
 Bhutan |
— | — | observer | — | |
 Bolivia |
signed | ||||
 Bosnia and Herzegovina |
observer | — | |||
 Botswana |
— | — | |||
 Brazil |
— | ||||
 Brunei |
— | — | — | ||
 Kingdom of Bulgaria |
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 Burkina Faso |
— | — | |||
 Burundi |
— | — | — | — | |
 Cambodia |
— | — | — | ||
 Cameroon |
— | ||||
 Canada |
— | signed | |||
 Cape Verde |
— | — | observer | — | |
 Central African Republic |
— | — | — | ||
 Chad |
— | — | — | ||
 Chile |
— | ||||
| (excluding Hong Kong and Macau) | |||||
 Colombia |
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 Comoros |
— | — | observer | — | |
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| — | — | — | |||
 Costa Rica |
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 Côte d'Ivoire |
— | — | — | ||
 Independent State of Croatia |
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 Cuba |
— | — | |||
 Cyprus |
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 Czech Republic |
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 Denmark |
signed | ||||
 Djibouti |
— | — | — | ||
 Dominica |
— | — | — | ||
 Dominican Republic |
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 East Timor |
— | — | — | — | — |
 Ecuador |
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 Egypt |
— | — | — | ||
 El Salvador |
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 Equatorial Guinea |
— | — | observer | — | |
 Eritrea |
— | — | — | — | — |
 Estonia |
— | — | signed | ||
 Ethiopia |
— | — | — | observer | — |
 European Union |
— | — | — | signed | |
 Fiji |
— | — | |||
 Finland |
signed | ||||
 Early Modern France |
signed | ||||
 Gabon |
— | — | |||
 The Gambia |
— | — | — | ||
 Georgia (country) |
— | — | |||
 Germany |
signed | ||||
 Ghana |
— | ||||
 Greece |
— | signed | |||
 Grenada |
— | — | — | ||
 Guatemala |
— | ||||
 Guinea |
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 Guinea-Bissau |
— | — | — | ||
 Guyana |
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 Haiti |
— | — | |||
 Honduras |
— | — | |||
 Hong Kong |
— | ||||
 Hungary |
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 Iceland |
— | — | |||
 India |
— | ||||
 Indonesia |
— | — | |||
 Iran |
— | — | — | observer | — |
 Iraq |
— | — | — | observer | — |
 Republic of Ireland |
— | signed | |||
 Israel |
— | signed | |||
 Italy |
signed | ||||
 Jamaica |
— | — | |||
 Japan |
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 Jordan |
— | — | |||
 Kazakhstan |
— | observer | |||
 Kenya |
signed | ||||
 Kiribati |
— | — | — | — | — |
| — | — | — | — | ||
 Kuwait |
— | — | — | — | |
 Kyrgyzstan |
— | — | |||
 Laos |
— | — | observer | — | |
 Latvia |
— | — | |||
 Lebanon |
— | observer | — | ||
 Lesotho |
— | — | — | ||
 Liberia |
— | — | — | ||
 Libya |
— | — | observer | — | |
 Liechtenstein |
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 Lithuania |
— | — | |||
 Luxembourg |
— | signed | |||
 Macau |
— | — | — | ||
 Republic of Macedonia |
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 Madagascar |
— | — | — | ||
 Malawi |
— | — | |||
 Malaysia |
— | — | — | ||
 Maldives |
— | — | — | — | |
 Mali |
— | — | |||
 Malta |
— | — | |||
 Marshall Islands |
— | — | — | — | — |
 Mauritania |
— | — | — | ||
 Mauritius |
— | — | |||
 Mexico |
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 Federated States of Micronesia |
— | — | — | — | |
 Moldova |
— | ||||
 Monaco |
— | signed | |||
 Mongolia |
— | — | |||
 Kingdom of Montenegro |
http://www.prelevic.com/Scope_of_IP_protection%20.htm | http://www.prelevic.com/Scope_of_IP_protection%20.htm | observer | ||
 Morocco |
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 Mozambique |
— | — | — | — | |
 Myanmar |
— | — | — | — | |
 Namibia |
— | — | signed | ||
 Nauru |
— | — | — | — | — |
 Nepal |
— | — | — | ||
 Netherlands |
signed | ||||
 New Zealand |
— | — | |||
 Nicaragua |
— | ||||
 Niger |
— | ||||
 Nigeria |
— | signed | |||
 Norway |
— | ||||
 Oman |
— | — | |||
 Pakistan |
— | — | |||
 Palau |
— | — | — | — | — |
 Panama |
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 Papua New Guinea |
— | — | — | — | |
 Paraguay |
— | ||||
 Peru |
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 Philippines |
— | ||||
 Poland |
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 Portugal |
signed | ||||
 Qatar |
— | — | |||
 Kingdom of Romania |
— | — | |||
 Russia |
observer | ||||
 Rwanda |
— | ||||
 Saint Kitts and Nevis |
— | — | — | ||
 Saint Lucia |
— | — | |||
 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
— | ||||
 Samoa |
— | — | observer | — | |
 San Marino |
— | — | — | — | — |
 São Tomé and Príncipe |
— | — | — | observer | — |
 Saudi Arabia |
— | ||||
 Senegal |
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 Serbia |
observer | ||||
 Seychelles |
— | — | — | observer | — |
 Sierra Leone |
— | — | — | — | |
 Singapore |
— | — | |||
 Slovakia |
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 Slovenia |
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 Solomon Islands |
— | — | — | — | |
 Somalia |
— | — | — | — | — |
 South Africa |
— | — | signed | ||
 Spain |
signed | ||||
 Sri Lanka |
— | ||||
 Sudan |
— | — | observer | — | |
 Suriname |
— | — | — | ||
 Swaziland |
— | — | — | ||
 Sweden |
signed | ||||
 Switzerland |
signed | ||||
 Syria |
— | — | — | — | |
 Republic of China |
— | — | — | (as "Chinese Taipei") | — |
 Tajikistan |
— | observer | |||
 Tanzania |
— | — | — | ||
 Thailand |
— | — | — | ||
 Togo |
— | — | |||
 Tonga |
— | — | — | ||
 Trinidad and Tobago |
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 Tunisia |
— | ||||
 Turkey |
— | — | |||
 Turkmenistan |
— | — | — | — | — |
 Tuvalu |
— | — | — | — | — |
 Uganda |
— | — | — | — | |
 Ukraine |
— | observer | |||
 United Arab Emirates |
— | — | |||
 United Kingdom |
signed | ||||
 United States |
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 Uruguay |
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 Uzbekistan |
— | — | observer | — | |
 Vanuatu |
— | — | — | observer | — |
 Vatican City |
observer | — | |||
 Venezuela |
signed | ||||
 Vietnam |
— | — | — | ||
 Yemen |
— | — | observer | — | |
 Zambia |
— | — | |||
 Zimbabwe |
— | — | — | ||