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Intellectual Property: Law & the Information Society
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WIPO Copyright Treaty

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(adopted in Geneva on December 20, 1996) Entry into force: March 6, 2002. Source: International Bureau of WIPO. Note: The agreed statements of the Diplomatic Conference that adopted the Treaty (WIPO Diplomatic Conference on Certain Copyright and Neighboring Rights Questions) concerning certain provisions of the WCT are reproduced in footnotes. [JB/JJ Note: The WIPO Copyright Treaty is reproduced below; the contemporaneous WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty contained analogous provisions for the benefit of performers and phonogram producers.]

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