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It provides additional protections for copyright to respond to advances in information technology since the formation of previous copyright treaties before it. [4] As of August 2023, the treaty has 115 contracting parties. [5] The WCT and WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty, are together termed WIPO "internet treaties". [6]
Full name is the Marrakesh Treaty to Facilitate Access to Published Works to Visually Impaired Persons and Persons with Print Disabilities. In addition to these treaties, the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) is a multilateral treaty governing multiple aspects of intellectual property, including copyright.
Opponents also argue that the law might be read to give full control to copyright holders over what uses are and are not permitted, essentially eliminating fair use. For example, ebook readers protected by this law can prevent the user from copying short excerpts from the book, printing a couple pages, and having the computer read the book ...
It provides additional protections for copyright to respond to advances in information technology since the formation of previous copyright treaties before it. [106] As of August 2023, the treaty has 115 contracting parties. [107] The WCT and WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty, are together termed WIPO "internet treaties". [108]
Whereas earlier copyright law, including international agreements like the 1886 Berne Convention, had been written to regulate the circulation of printed materials, the Rome Convention responded to the new circumstance of ideas variously represented in easily reproduced units by covering performers and producers of recordings under copyright:
Treaties which are administered by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) (a specialized agency of the United Nations) and/or treaties for which WIPO or one of its officials acts as depositary.
Below is a list of countries which have signed and ratified one or more international treaties protecting rights related to copyright. Related rights protect performers, producers of sound recordings ( phonograms ) and broadcasting organisations.
The Norwegian copyright act does not address public domain directly. The Norwegian copyright law defines two basic rights for authors: economic rights and moral rights. [..] For material that is outside the scope of copyright, the phrase «i det fri» («in the free») is used. This corresponds roughly to the term «public domain» in English.