International copyright agreements

International copyright agreements

While no creative work is automatically protected worldwide, there are international treaties which provide protection automatically for all creative works as soon as they are fixed in a medium. There are two primary international copyright agreements, the Buenos Aires Convention and the Berne Convention.

Berne Convention

The Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works (also referred to as just the Berne Convention) requires protection for all creative works in a fixed medium be automatic, and last for at least 50 years after the author's death for any work except for photographic and cinematographic works. Photographic works are tied to a minimum of 25 years. Cinematographic works are protected for 50 years after first showing, or 50 years after creation if it hasn't been shown within 50 years after the creation. The Berne Covnention also allows for the rule of the shorter term, stating that "unless the legislation of that country otherwise provides, the term shall not exceed the term fixed in the country of origin of the work". Not all countries have applied this rule however.

Buenos Aires Convention

The Buenos Aires 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 an explicit reservation of rights. The Buenos Aires Convention also instituted the "rule of the shorter term", where the length of the copyright term for the work in a country was whichever was shorter - the length of the term in the source country, or the protecting country of the work.

All Buenos Aires countries are now also parties to the Berne Convention, but elements from Buenos Aires are still used in the modern era, such as reservations of rights and the rule of the shortest term.

References

ee also

* Copyright
* Copyright Act of 1976
* Digital Millennium Copyright Act
* Family Entertainment and Copyright Act
* Australian copyright law
* Copyright law of the Russian Federation
* Copyright law of the Soviet Union
* Dutch copyright law
* History of copyright law
* Intellectual property in the People's Republic of China
* Intellectual property organization
* International Federation Against Copyright Theft
* International Copyright Act of 1891
* International copyright relations of Russia
* List of parties to international copyright treaties
* Philosophy of copyright
* Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act
* Swiss copyright law
* Treloar Copyright Bill
* United States copyright law

External links

* [http://www.wipo.int/copyright/en/ World Intellectual Property Organization]
* [http://www.copyright.gov/fls/fl100.html United States Government site]


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