Learning on ScreenBeijing Treaty on Audiovisual Performances
- Title
- Beijing Treaty on Audiovisual Performances
- Date
- 24 Jun 2012
- Link
- http://www.wipo.int/meetings/en/doc_details.jsp?doc_id=208966
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- Publisher
- World Intellectual Property Organization
- Category
- International Treaties
- Subject
- Intellectual Property
- Inactive
- No
- Description
- This multilateral treaty aims to regulate copyright for audiovisual performances and expands performers’ rights. It was adopted on 26 June 2012 by the Diplomatic Conference on the Protection of Audiovisual Performances of the World Intellectual Property Organization, in which 156 WIPO member states, six intergovernmental and six non-governmental organizations participated. Forty-eight countries signed the treaty on 26 June, followed by 19 other countries in 2012 and 2013. Two signatory states have ratified the treaty (Botswana and Syria). The treaty will not enter into force until it has been ratified by at least 30 eligible parties.
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