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... Desiring to develop and maintain the protection of the
rights of authors in their literary and artistic works in a manner as effective
and uniform as possible, ...
... Emphasizing the outstanding significance of copyright
protection as an incentive for literary and artistic creation, ...
ARTICLE-1: Relation to the Berne Convention [go to this ARTICLE]
... (1) This Treaty is a special agreement within the meaning of
Article 20 of the Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic
Works, as regards Contracting Parties that are countries of the Union established
by that Convention. This Treaty shall not have any connection with treaties
other than the Berne Convention, nor shall it prejudice any rights and obligations
under any other treaties. ...
... (2) Nothing in this Treaty shall derogate from existing obligations
that Contracting Parties have to each other under the Berne Convention for
the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works. ...
... (3) Hereinafter, “Berne Convention” shall refer
to the Paris Act of July 24, 1971 of the Berne Convention for the Protection
of Literary and Artistic Works. ...
ARTICLE-2: Scope of Copyright Protection [go to this ARTICLE]
... Copyright protection extends to expressions and not to ideas,
procedures, methods of operation or mathematical concepts as such. ...
ARTICLE-3: Application of Articles 2 to 6 of the Berne Convention [go to this ARTICLE]
... Contracting Parties shall apply mutatis mutandis the
provisions of Articles 2 to 6 of the Berne Convention in respect of the protection
provided for in this Treaty. ...
ARTICLE-4: Computer Programs [go to this ARTICLE]
... Computer programs are protected as literary works within the
meaning of Article 2 of the Berne Convention. Such protection applies to computer
programs, whatever may be the mode or form of their expression. ...
... Computer programs are protected as literary works within the
meaning of Article 2 of the Berne Convention. Such protection applies to computer
programs, whatever may be the mode or form of their expression. ...
ARTICLE-5: Compilations of Data (Databases) [go to this ARTICLE]
... Compilations of data or other material, in any form, which by
reason of the selection or arrangement of their contents constitute intellectual
creations, are protected as such. This protection does not extend to the data
or the material itself and is without prejudice to any copyright subsisting
in the data or material contained in the compilation. ...
... Compilations of data or other material, in any form, which by
reason of the selection or arrangement of their contents constitute intellectual
creations, are protected as such. This protection does not extend to the data
or the material itself and is without prejudice to any copyright subsisting
in the data or material contained in the compilation. ...
ARTICLE-9: Duration of the Protection of Photographic Works [go to this ARTICLE]
ARTICLE-11: Obligations concerning Technological Measures [go to this ARTICLE]
... Contracting Parties shall provide adequate legal protection
and effective legal remedies against the circumvention of effective technological
measures that are used by authors in connection with the exercise of their
rights under this Treaty or the Berne Convention and that restrict acts, in
respect of their works, which are not authorized by the authors concerned
or permitted by law. ...
ARTICLE-13: Application in Time [go to this ARTICLE]
... Contracting Parties shall apply the provisions of Article 18
of the Berne Convention to all protection provided for in this Treaty. ...