The WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty (or WPPT) is an international
treaty
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signed by the member states of the
World Intellectual Property Organization
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and was adopted in
Geneva
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on 20 December 1996. It came into effect on 20 May 2002. As of August 2021, the treaty has been 109 contracting parties.
WPPT was adopted with an objective to develop and maintain the protection of the rights of performers and producers of phonograms in a manner as effective and uniform as possible. This treaty would not disturb the existing obligations that Contracting Parties have to each other under the International Convention for the Protection of Performers, Producers of Phonograms and Broadcasting Organizations done in Rome, 26 October 1961 (Rome Convention). Articles 18 and 19 of the WPPT provide similar obligations for performers and producers of phonograms to contracting states as provided under Articles 11 and 12 of the WCT.
The
Digital Millennium Copyright Act
The Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) is a 1998 United States copyright law that implements two 1996 treaties of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). It criminalizes production and dissemination of technology, devices, or ...
is the
United States
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's implementation of the treaty (see
).
See also
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List of parties to the WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty
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Geneva Phonograms Convention
The Convention for the Protection of Producers of Phonograms Against Unauthorized Duplication of Their Phonograms, also known as the Geneva Phonograms Convention, is a 1971 international agreement relating to copyright protection for sound recor ...
*
WIPO Copyright Treaty (WCT)
References
External links
* The full text of th
WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty in the
WIPO Lex
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database — official website of
WIPO
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.
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