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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]
In addition to these treaties, the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) is a multilateral treaty governing multiple aspects of intellectual property, including copyright. As of February 2012 [update] , ACTA has been signed by 31 countries, but only ratified by Japan. [ 10 ]
The list below was taken from details supplied by WIPO and the WTO (see references): they are correct as of 2012-10-15, and include some accessions after that date.Dates quoted are the date on which the treaty came into effect for a given country.
WIPO also works with governments, nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), and individuals to utilize IP for socioeconomic development. WIPO administers 26 international treaties that concern a wide variety of intellectual property issues, ranging from the protection of audiovisual works to establishing international patent classification. [8]
Some proponents of the law claim it was necessary to implement several WIPO treaties. Opponents respond that the law was not necessary, even if it was it went far beyond what the treaties require, and the treaties were written and passed by the same industry lobbyists people who wanted to pass this law.
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.
The WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty (or WPPT) is an international treaty adopted in Geneva on 20 December 1996. [1] It came into effect on 20 May 2002. The treaty deals with the rights of two kinds of beneficiaries, particularly in the digital environment: performers (actors, singers, musicians, etc.); and producers of phonograms (persons or legal entities that take the initiative and ...
International Convention for the Protection of Performers, Producers of Phonograms and Broadcasting Organisations at the United Nations Treaty Collection; Summary of the Rome Convention for the Protection of Performers, Producers of Phonograms and Broadcasting Organisations (in English) in the WIPO Lex database – official website of WIPO.