WIPO Copyright and Performances and Phonograms Treaties Implementation Act - Section 102

Section 102

Section 102 gives the act its name, which is based on the requirements of the WIPO Copyright Treaty concluded at Geneva, Switzerland, on 20 December 1996. It modifies US copyright law to include works produced in the countries which sign the following treaties:

• the Universal Copyright Convention
• the Geneva Phonograms Convention (Convention for the Protection of Producers of Phonograms Against Unauthorized Duplication of Their Phonograms, Geneva, Switzerland, 29 October 1971)
• the Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works
• the WTO Agreement (as defined in the Uruguay Round Agreements Act)
• the WIPO Copyright Treaty signed at Geneva, Switzerland on 20 December 1996
• the WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty concluded at Geneva, Switzerland on 20 December 1996
• any other copyright treaty to which the United States is a party