Rome revision of 1928

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The Rome revision of 1928 is a significant update to the Berne Convention that modernized and expanded international copyright protections for literary and artistic works.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf international copyright agreement
treaty revision
administeredBy International Bureau of the Berne Union
World Intellectual Property Organization
aimsTo reduce disparities in national copyright laws
update Berne Convention to new forms of creative expression
appliesIn Berne Union member states that accepted the Rome Act
appliesTo adaptations
artistic works
cinematographic works
dramatic works
literary works
musical works
photographic works
translations
works of applied art
basedOn earlier texts of the Berne Convention
concerns cross-border protection of authors’ rights
international enforcement of copyright
countryOfSigning Italy
effectiveIn 1928
field copyright law
intellectual property law
follows Berlin revision of 1908
Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works
surface form: Berne Convention
hasLegalForm multilateral treaty
hasShortName Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works
surface form: Rome Act of the Berne Convention
includesPrinciple automatic protection
independence of protection
national treatment
language French
legalStatus binding on contracting states that ratified it
locationOfSigning Rome
partOf Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works
precedes Brussels revision of 1948
purpose expansion of authors’ rights
harmonization of copyright standards among member states
modernization of international copyright protection
strengthening of moral rights of authors
regulates conditions for adaptation rights
conditions for translation rights
formalities for copyright protection
minimum term of copyright protection
national treatment of foreign authors
scope of exclusive rights of authors
strengthens protection of foreign authors in member states
protection of moral rights
subjectOf international copyright scholarship

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