WIPO Copyright Treaty

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WIPO-administered treaty international copyright treaty multilateral treaty

The WIPO Copyright Treaty is an international agreement that updates and strengthens copyright protection for authors in the digital environment, complementing existing global copyright conventions.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Treaty on Copyright in the Digital Environment	1
WIPO Internet Treaty	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	WIPO-administered treaty ⓘ international copyright treaty ⓘ multilateral treaty ⓘ
administeredBy	World Intellectual Property Organization ⓘ surface form: WIPO World Intellectual Property Organization ⓘ
adoptedOn	1996-12-20 ⓘ
aimsTo	strengthen protection of authors in the digital environment ⓘ update international copyright law for the digital environment ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	WIPO Copyright Treaty ⓘ surface form: Treaty on Copyright in the Digital Environment
articleCountApproximate	25 ⓘ
basedOn	Berne Convention minimum standards ⓘ
category	Copyright treaties ⓘ Treaties concluded in 1996 ⓘ Treaties entered into force in 2002 ⓘ
complements	Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works ⓘ
concludedAt	Geneva ⓘ surface form: Geneva, Switzerland
covers	artistic works ⓘ computer programs ⓘ databases ⓘ literary works ⓘ
depository	Director General of WIPO ⓘ surface form: Director General of the World Intellectual Property Organization
enteredIntoForceOn	2002-03-06 ⓘ
establishesRight	exclusive right of distribution ⓘ exclusive right of rental for certain works ⓘ making available right ⓘ right of communication to the public ⓘ
focusesOn	internet and digital network transmissions ⓘ online uses of copyrighted works ⓘ
fullName	WIPO Copyright Treaty self-link ⓘ
language	English ⓘ French ⓘ Spanish ⓘ
legalStatus	in force ⓘ
negotiatedAt	WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty ⓘ surface form: Diplomatic Conference on Certain Copyright and Neighboring Rights Questions
obligesParties	to provide adequate legal remedies against circumvention of technological measures ⓘ to provide adequate legal remedies against removal or alteration of rights management information ⓘ
openForSignatureOn	1996-12-20 ⓘ
providesFor	limitations and exceptions compatible with the three-step test ⓘ
relatedInstrument	WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty ⓘ
requires	legal protection of rights management information ⓘ legal protection of technological protection measures ⓘ
scope	protection of authors of literary and artistic works in the digital networked environment ⓘ
shortName	WCT ⓘ
signedOn	1996-12-20 ⓘ
subjectMatter	copyright ⓘ digital copyright ⓘ rights of authors ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

World Intellectual Property Organization → administersTreaty → WIPO Copyright Treaty ⓘ

WCT → alsoKnownAs → WIPO Copyright Treaty ⓘ

this entity surface form: WIPO Internet Treaty

WIPO Copyright Treaty → alsoKnownAs → WIPO Copyright Treaty ⓘ

this entity surface form: Treaty on Copyright in the Digital Environment

WPPT → complements → WIPO Copyright Treaty ⓘ

WIPO Copyright Treaty → fullName → WIPO Copyright Treaty self-link ⓘ

Digital Millennium Copyright Act → implements → WIPO Copyright Treaty ⓘ

WIPO-administered treaties → includes → WIPO Copyright Treaty ⓘ

WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty → relatedTo → WIPO Copyright Treaty ⓘ