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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, ACTA has been signed by 31 countries, but only ratified by Japan. [10]
In addition, a Protection of Broadcasts and Broadcasting Organizations Treaty has been proposed, but not yet signed. As of August 2024, Eritrea, Marshall Islands, Palau, and WTO Observer countries Iran, Iraq, Ethiopia, Somalia, and South Sudan are not a party to any copyright convention.
The Buenos Aires Convention (Third Pan-American Convention) was a treaty signed by most North and South American countries, which allows for protection of all creative works as long as they contain a notice informing that the creator claims copyright on it.
TRIPS was negotiated during the Uruguay Round of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) in 1986–1994. Its inclusion was the culmination of a program of intense lobbying by the United States by the International Intellectual Property Alliance, supported by the European Union, Japan and other developed nations. [6]
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Signed in 1949. [39] Ratified June 9, 1955. [40] Protocols I–II not ratified Uruguay: 1969 1985 1985 2012 1990 Uzbekistan: 1993 1993 1993 — — Vanuatu: 1982 1985 1985 — — Venezuela: 1956 1998 1998 — — Vietnam: 1957 1981 — — — Conventions I–IV ratified as the North Vietnam. [4]
Bilateral copyright agreements of the United States are agreements between the United States and another country which allow U.S. authors to claim copyright protection in the other country and authors from that country to claim protection under United States copyright law. The agreements can take one of two forms with respect to the United ...