Member States of the Berne Convention
Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works
The Berne Convention passed in 1886 involves the protection of the rights of works and their authors. It provides writers, musicians, poets, painters and other creators with control over how to use their works, what to use, and how to use them. It is based on three basic principles and contains a series of regulations that determine the minimum protections to be granted, as well as special regulations for developing countries that wish to use these minimum protections.
Three basic principles:
1. Works from a Contracting State#
2. Protection shall not be conditional on compliance with any formalities#
3. Protection is not limited to whether there is protection in the country of origin of the work (the principle of "independence" of protection).
#If the protection period stipulated by the contracting party is longer than the minimum limit stipulated in the "Convention", work in the country of origin will no longer be protected. Once the protection of the country of origin ceases, the protection may be deprived.
#The author is the work of the country’s national or the work published for the first time in the country
#The principle of "automatic" protection
(As of May 23, 2020, a total of 163 wipo)
Time of becoming a party to the Convention: the final version and time of participation
國家 | 公約在該國生效時間 |
|---|---|
比利時 Belgium | 1887年12月5日 |
模里西斯 Mauritius | 1989年5月10日 |
沙烏地阿拉伯 Saudi Arabia | 2004年3月11日 |
東加 Tonga | 2001年6月14日 |
波蘭 Poland | 1920年1月28日 |
法國 France | 1887年12月5日 |
波士尼亞赫塞哥維納 Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1992年3月1日 |
泰國 Thailand | 1931年7月17日 |
辛巴威 Zimbabwe | 1980年4月18日 |
洪都拉斯 Honduras | 1990年1月25日 |
海地 Haiti | 1996年1月11日 |
千里達和多巴哥 Trinidad and Tobago | 1988年8月16日 |