List of parties to international copyright agreements explained

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 (phonograms) 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.

Treaties

Short nameLong namePlace/actDate
(of signature)
Date
(into force)
Notes
BerneBerne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic WorksBerne1886-09-091887-12-05[1]
Buenos AiresBuenos Aires ConventionBuenos Aires1910-08-111913-03-28Largely deprecated since 2000-08-23, when the last Buenos Aires holdout joined Berne. The Dominican Republic was the first adherent to the Buenos Aires Convention, effective October 31, 1912. The convention came into force when Guatemala became the second adherent on March 28, 1913.
UCC GenevaUniversal Copyright ConventionGeneva Act1952-09-061955-09-16[2] Has lost significance since almost all members are also members of TRIPS.
UCC ParisUniversal Copyright ConventionParis Act1971-07-241974-07-10[3] Has lost significance since almost all members are also members of TRIPS.
TRIPSAgreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property RightsMarrakech1994-04-151995-01-01[4] Membership in TRIPS coincides with membership in the World Trade Organization except for least developed countries, which were granted a grace period; observer governments of the World Trade Organization are marked observer in the table below and painted blue in the third map below.
WCTWIPO Copyright TreatyGeneva1996-12-202002-03-06[5] [6] [7]
MVTMarrakesh VIP TreatyMarrakesh2013-06-282016-09-30[8] 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., ACTA has been signed by 31 countries, but only ratified by Japan.[9] If ACTA is ratified by six or more signatories, it will enter into force thirty days later.[10]

, Eritrea, Marshall Islands, Nauru, Palau, and WTO Observer countries Iran, Iraq, Ethiopia, Somalia, South Sudan and Timor-Leste are not a party to any copyright convention.

Table of parties

The list below was taken from details supplied by WIPO, UNESCO and the WTO (see references): they arecorrect 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.

See also

Notes and References

  1. http://www.wipo.int/treaties/en/documents/pdf/berne.pdf Parties to the Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works
  2. http://erc.unesco.org/cp/convention.asp?KO=15381&language=E Parties to the Geneva Act of the Universal Copyright Convention
  3. http://erc.unesco.org/cp/convention.asp?KO=15241&language=E Parties to the Paris Act of the Universal Copyright Convention
  4. https://www.wto.org/english/thewto_e/whatis_e/tif_e/org6_e.htm Members of the World Trade Organization
  5. http://www.wipo.int/treaties/en/ip/wct/summary_wct.html Summary of the WIPO Copyright Treaty
  6. http://www.wipo.int/treaties/en/ShowResults.jsp?lang=en&search_what=B&bo_id=17 Members of the WIPO Copyright Treaty
  7. Web site: WIPO Contracting Parties . WIPO . 2015-10-22 . 2017-03-05 . https://archive.today/20170305132733/http://www.wipo.int/treaties/en/ShowResults.jsp?lang=en&treaty_id=16 . live .
  8. Web site: Contracting Parties > Marrakesh VIP Treaty . 2018-12-18 . 2018-12-18 . https://web.archive.org/web/20181218193725/https://www.wipo.int/treaties/en/ShowResults.jsp?lang=en&treaty_id=843 . live .
  9. Web site: Conclusion of the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) by Japan. 2012-10-06. 2012-10-05. Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan. 2013-01-23. https://web.archive.org/web/20130123172029/http://www.mofa.go.jp/policy/economy/i_property/acta_conclusion_1210.html. live.
  10. Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement , Article 40(1). Accessed 2012-03-15.
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  17. Web site: Decreto nº 9.522, de 8 de outubro de 2018 . planalto.gov.br . Government of Brazil . 12 August 2020 . 3 August 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200803125431/http://www.planalto.gov.br/ccivil_03/_Ato2015-2018/2018/Decreto/D9522.htm . live .
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  22. Web site: WCT Notification No. 81 WIPO Copyright Treaty Ratification by Canada. 2014-05-23. 2016-08-06. https://web.archive.org/web/20160806075037/http://www.wipo.int/treaties/en/notifications/wct/treaty_wct_81.html. live.
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  29. Web site: WCT Notification No. 71, WIPO Copyright Treaty, Declaration by the People's Republic of China. 2008-09-23. WIPO. 2015-10-22. 2016-03-04. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304074326/http://www.wipo.int/treaties/en/notifications/wct/treaty_wct_71.html. live.
  30. Web site: Berne Notification No. 260: Declaration by the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. wipo.int. 2013-10-31. 2013-12-12. 2016-08-27. https://web.archive.org/web/20160827192251/http://www.wipo.int/treaties/en/notifications/berne/treaty_berne_260.html. live.
  31. Web site: TREATY/BERNE/278: [Berne Convention] Accession by the Republic of Kiribati]. World Intellectual Property Organization. en. 2017-10-12. 2017-10-12. https://web.archive.org/web/20171012202033/http://www.wipo.int/treaties/en/notifications/berne/treaty_berne_278.html. live.
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  33. Web site: TREATY/WCT/108: [WCT Treaty] Accession by the Democratic People's Republic of Korea ]. 2024-03-07 . www.wipo.int . en.
  34. Web site: Berne Notification No. 268: Accession by the State of Kuwait. 2014-09-02. 2014-09-09. TREATY/BERNE/268: [Berne Convention] Accession by the State of Kuwait. World International Property Organization. 2016-03-03. https://web.archive.org/web/20160303215715/http://www.wipo.int/treaties/en/notifications/berne/treaty_berne_268.html. live.
  35. Web site: Berne Notification No. 255: Accession by the Lao People's Democratic Republic. wipo.int. 2011-12-14. 2011-12-27. 2016-03-04. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304050350/http://www.wipo.int/treaties/en/notifications/berne/treaty_berne_255.html. live.
  36. Web site: WCT Notification No. 79, WIPO Copyright Treaty, Declaration by the People's Republic of China. 2013-08-06. WIPO. 2015-10-22. 2016-01-28. https://web.archive.org/web/20160128005104/http://www.wipo.int/treaties/en/notifications/wct/treaty_wct_79.html. live.
  37. Web site: WCT Notification No. 82: Accession by the Republic of Madagascar. 2014-11-24. TREATY/WCT/82: [WCT] Accession by the Republic of Madagascar. WIPO. 2014-12-10. 2016-08-06. https://web.archive.org/web/20160806084726/http://www.wipo.int/treaties/en/notifications/wct/treaty_wct_82.html. live.
  38. http://www.wipo.int/treaties/en/notifications/wct/treaty_wct_78.html WIPO Copyright Treaty. Accession by Malaysia
  39. Web site: WCT Notification No. 77: Accession by the Kingdom of Morocco. wipo.int. 2011-04-20. 2011-05-09. 2016-03-03. https://web.archive.org/web/20160303224308/http://www.wipo.int/treaties/en/notifications/wct/treaty_wct_77.html. live.
  40. http://www.wipo.int/treaties/en/notifications/berne/treaty_berne_259.html Accession by the Republic of Mozambique
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  43. Web site: Nigeria Joins Four Key Copyright Treaties. World Intellectual Property Organization. en. 2017-10-05. 2017-10-10. https://web.archive.org/web/20171010120024/http://www.wipo.int/portal/en/news/2017/article_0017.html. live.
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  46. Web site: WIPO Notification No. 218: Accession by Niue. 2014-10-08. TREATY/CONVENTION/218: [WIPO Convention] Accession by Niue. Word Intellectual Property Office. 2014-10-23. 2016-03-03. https://web.archive.org/web/20160303211738/http://www.wipo.int/treaties/en/notifications/convention/treaty_convention_218.html. live.
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  62. The United States deposited its Instruments of Ratification with the Government of Argentina on 1911-05-01, and hence the treaty came into force with respect to the other parties three months after that date (Art. 16). The treaty was not proclaimed in the United States until 1914-07-13.
  63. Web site: WCT Notification No. 92: Accession by the Republic of Uzbekistan. 2019-04-17. 2019-05-01. 2019-05-01. https://web.archive.org/web/20190501104221/https://www.wipo.int/treaties/en/notifications/wct/treaty_wct_92.html. live.
  64. http://www.wipo.int/treaties/en/notifications/berne/treaty_berne_257.html Accession by the Republic of Vanuatu
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