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`WIPO Copyright Treaty
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`From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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`The World Intellectual Property Organization
`Copyright Treaty (WIPO Copyright Treaty or
`WCT) is an international treaty on copyright law
`adopted by the member states of the World
`Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) in 1996. It
`provides additional protections for copyright deemed
`necessary due to advances in information technology
`since the formation of previous copyright treaties
`before it. It ensures that computer programs are
`protected as literary works (Article 4), and that the
`arrangement and selection of material in databases is
`protected (Article 5). It provides authors of works
`with control over their rental and distribution in
`Articles 6 to 8 which they may not have under the
`Berne Convention alone. It also prohibits
`circumvention of technological measures for the
`protection of works (Article 11) and unauthorized
`modification of rights management information
`contained in works (Article 12). As of February 2016,
`the treaty has been ratified by 94 states.
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`WIPO Copyright Treaty
`WCT
`World Intellectual Property Organization
`Copyright Treaty
`Signed
`20 December 1996
`Location Geneva, Switzerland[1]
`Effective
`6 March 2002[1]
`Condition 30 ratifications[1]
`Parties
`94[2]
`Depositary Director-General of the World
`Intellectual Property Organization[1]
`Languages English, Arabic, Chinese, French,
`Russian and Spanish[1]
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`There have been a variety of criticisms of this treaty,
`including that it is too broad (for example in its prohibition of circumvention of technical protection
`measures, even where such circumvention is used in the pursuit of legal and fair use rights) and that it
`applies a "one size fits all" standard to all signatory countries despite widely differing stages of
`economic development and knowledge industry.
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`Contents
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`◾ 1 Implementation
`◾ 2 See also
`◾ 3 References
`◾ 4 External links and references
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`Implementation
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`The WIPO Copyright Treaty is implemented in United States law by the Digital Millennium Copyright
`Act (DMCA). By Decision 2000/278/EC of 16 March 2000, the Council of the European Union
`approved the treaty on behalf of the European Community. European Union Directives which largely
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`cover the subject matter of the treaty are: Directive 91/250/EC creating copyright protection for
`software, Directive 96/9/EC on copyright protection for databases and Directive 2001/29/EC prohibiting
`devices for circumventing "technical protection measures" such as digital rights management.
`See also
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`◾ List of parties to international copyright agreements
`◾ Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPs)
`◾ Software patents under TRIPs Agreement
`◾ WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty (WPPT)
`◾ Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement
`References
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`1. "Contracting Parties > WIPO Copyright Treaty (Total Contracting Parties : 93)". World Intellectual Property
`Organization. Retrieved 12 February 2012.
`2. "WIPO Copyright Treaty". World Intellectual Property Organization. Retrieved 12 February 2012.
`External links and references
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`◾ The full text of the WIPO Copyright Treaty (adopted in
`Geneva on December 20, 1996)
`(http://www.wipo.int/wipolex/en/treaties/text.jsp?
`file_id=295166) (English) in the WIPO Lex database —
`official website of WIPO.
`◾ Parties to the Treaty (http://www.wipo.int/treaties/en/ShowResults.jsp?
`lang=en&treaty_id=16)
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`Treaties of Jamaica Treaties of Japan Treaties of Jordan Treaties of Kazakhstan
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`Treaties extended to Hong Kong
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