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In addition to these treaties, the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) is a multilateral treaty governing multiple aspects of intellectual property, including copyright. As of February 2012, ACTA has been signed by 31 countries, but only ratified by Japan. [10]
In addition, a Protection of Broadcasts and Broadcasting Organizations Treaty has been proposed, but not yet signed. As of August 2024, Eritrea, Marshall Islands, Palau, and WTO Observer countries Iran, Iraq, Ethiopia, Somalia, and South Sudan are not a party to any copyright convention.
The Buenos Aires Convention (Third Pan-American 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 a notice informing that the creator claims copyright on it.
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Signed in 1949. [39] Ratified June 9, 1955. [40] Protocols I–II not ratified Uruguay: 1969 1985 1985 2012 1990 Uzbekistan: 1993 1993 1993 — — Vanuatu: 1982 1985 1985 — — Venezuela: 1956 1998 1998 — — Vietnam: 1957 1981 — — — Conventions I–IV ratified as the North Vietnam. [4]
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The developing countries thought that the strong copyright protections granted by the Berne Convention overly benefited Western, developed, copyright-exporting nations; whereas the United States and Latin America were already members of the Buenos Aires Convention, a Pan-American copyright convention that was weaker than the Berne Convention ...
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