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 |
|---|---|
牙買加 Jamaica | 1994年1月1日 |
玻利維亞（多民族國）Bolivia (Plurinational State) | 1993年11月4日 |
瑞典 Sweden | 1904年8月1日 |
諾魯 Nauru | 2020年5月11日 |
瑞士 Switzerland | 1887年12月5日 |
瓦努阿圖 Vanuatu | 2012年12月27日 |
白俄羅斯 Belarus | 1997年12月12日 |
科威特 Kuwait | 2014年12月2日 |
科摩羅 Comoros | 2005年4月17日 |
突尼斯 Tunisia | 1887年12月5日 |
象牙海岸 Ivory coast | 1962年1月1日 |
秘魯 Peru | 1988年8月20日 |