Bilateral copyright agreements with the United States are agreements between the United States and other countries that give American authors copyright protection in another country and authors from other countries to claim protection of their copyright in accordance with US copyright law .
Agreements can take one of two forms with respect to the United States:
- About swapping notes in accordance with US law under the laws:
- International Copyright Law (March 3, 1891, 26 stat. 1106 )
- Copyright Act 1909 (March 4, 1909, 35 stat. 1075 ), later Title Code 17 of the United States
- Act of December 18, 1919 ( 41 stat. 368 ), which extended the completion of copyright in the United States to take into account the First World War ;
- Act of September 25, 1941 ( 55 stat. 732 ), which extended the term for completing copyright in the United States to accommodate World War II ;
- Copyright Act 1976 , which revised section 17 , in particular, 17 US p. 104 (b) (6)
- Uruguay Round Agreements [1] ( Publ. L. 103-465 , 108 Stat. 4809 ), codified as 17 US S. 104A (d) , which deal with the restoration of copyright
- Treaty ratified by the Senate of the United States of America and valid under the laws:
- Copyright Act 1909
- Copyright Act 1976 ( 17 US p. 104 (b) and 104A )
Treaties that deal only with copyright issues are commonly referred to as “conventions,” however, some other treaties (such as peace treaties) also contain copyright provisions.
It is difficult to give a final list of countries that have been affected in the table below. The succession requirements of states allow the de facto continuation of a treaty or agreement when their territory becomes independent . Thus, many laws continue to operate in the former dependent territories.
The U.S. Department of State is responsible for determining whether an agreement with this territory is still valid or not. For several former dependent territories, the issue of copyright has not yet been posed and the status of their copyright relations with the United States is indicated in the US Copyright Office as “undefined”. [2]
If the country continues to protect American copyrighted works from the time they gained independence, the agreement can still be considered valid: according to American law, the Secretary of State is responsible for resolving this issue. The President of the United States also has the opportunity to draft bills in accordance with 17 US S. 104A , recognizing copyrights for the country in question and providing copyright guarantees for those who work in the United States of America. This last option was used only once in relation to Vietnam. [3]
Content
- 1 Validity of the 1976 Copyright Act
- 2 US Bilateral Agreements with Countries
- 3 Literature
- 4 notes
Validity of the 1976 Copyright Act
Agreements issued before January 1, 1978, on the date of entry into force of the 1976 Copyright Law , remain in force in accordance with Section 104 of this Law, which provides that: “all agreements issued by the President in accordance with Section 1 (e ) or 9 (B) of Section 17 as of December 31, 1977, or that are subject to the previous copyright law in the United States, shall remain in effect until terminated, suspended or revised by the President of the United States. ”
Bilateral US Agreements with Countries
As of January 1, 2006, the US Department of State [4] has the following bilateral treaties [5] .
| date of the adoption of | date of beg. valid | Countries | Notes | References |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1891-07-01 | 1891-07-01 | Belgium , France , British Empire , Switzerland | 27 Stat. * 981 | |
| 1892-04-15 | 1892-04-15 | Germany | 27 Stat. 1021 | |
| 1892-10-31 | 1892-10-31 | Italy | 27 Stat. 1043 | |
| 1893-05-08 | 1893-05-08 | Denmark | 28 Stat. 1219 | |
| 1893-07-20 | 1893-07-20 | Portugal | 28 Stat. 1222 | |
| 1895-07-10 | 1895-07-10 | Spain | 29 Stat. 871 | |
| 1896-02-27 | 1896-02-27 | Mexico | 29 Stat. 877 | |
| 1896-05-25 | 1896-05-25 | Chile | 29 Stat. 880 | |
| 1898-12-10 | 1898-12-10 | Spain | Contract | 30 Stat. 1754 ; TS 343 |
| 1899-10-19 | 1899-10-19 | Costa Rica | 31 Stat. 1955 | |
| 1899-11-20 | 1899-11-20 | Netherlands | 31 Stat. 1961 | |
| 1903-10-08 | 1904-01-13 | People's Republic of China | Contract | 33 Stat. 2208 |
| 1903-11-17 | 1903-11-17 | Cuba | 33 Stat. 2324 | |
| 1905-07-01 | 1905-07-01 | Norway | 34 Stat. 3111 | |
| 1905-11-10 | 1906-05-10 | Japan | Convention | 34 Stat. 2890 |
| 1907-09-20 | 1907-09-20 | Austria-Hungary | 35 Stat. 2155 | |
| 1908-05-19 | 1908-08-06 | Japan | Convention | 35 Stat. 2041 |
| 1908-05-19 | 1908-08-06 | Japan | Convention | 35 Stat. 2044 |
| 1910-04-09 | 1909-07-01 | Austria-Hungary , Belgium , Chile , Costa Rica , Cuba , Denmark , France , Germany , British Empire , Italy , Mexico , Netherlands , Norway , Portugal , Spain , Switzerland | 36 Stat. 2685 | |
| 1910-06-29 | 1910-06-29 | Luxembourg | 36 Stat. 2716 | |
| 1910-12-08 | 1910-12-08 | Germany | m | 36 Stat. 2761 |
| 1911-05-26 | 1911-06-01 | Sweden | 37 Stat. 1682 | |
| 1911-06-14 | 1910-09-09 | Norway | m | 37 Stat. 1687 |
| 1911-06-14 | 1909-07-01 | Belgium | m | 37 Stat. 1688 |
| 1911-06-14 | 1910-06-29 | Luxembourg | m | 37 Stat. 1689 |
| 1911-11-27 | 1911-05-29 | Cuba | m | 37 Stat. 1721 |
| 1912-01-30 | 1912-10-16 | Hungary | Convention, m | 37 Stat. 1631 |
| 1912-10-04 | 1912-10-04 | Tunisia | 37 Stat. 1765 | |
| 1915-01-01 | 1915-01-01 | British Empire and British dominions, colonies and possessions, except Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and Newfoundland | m | 38 Stat. 2044 |
| 1915-05-01 | 1915-05-01 | Italy | m | 39 Stat. 1725 |
| 1916-08-04 | 1916-08-04 | Danish West Indies | Contract | 39 Stat. 1706 ; TS 629 |
| 1917-02-09 | 1916-12-01 | New Zealand | m | 39 Stat. 1815 |
| 1918-04-03 | 1918-03-15 | Australia | m | 40 Stat. 1764 |
| 1918-05-24 | 1918-05-24 | France | m | 40 Stat. 1784 |
| 1920-02-27 | 1920-02-01 | Sweden | m | 41 Stat. 1787 |
| 1920-04-10 | 1920-02-02 | The British Empire with dominions, colonies and possessions, except Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and Newfoundland | mx | 41 Stat. 1790 |
| 1920-12-09 | 1920-12-09 | Denmark | mx | 41 Stat. 1810 |
| 1920-12-16 | 1921-09-01 | Thailand | Contract | 42 Stat. 1928 ; TS 655 |
| 1921-08-24 | 1921-08-24 | Austria | Contract | 42 Stat. 1946 ; TS 659 |
| 1921-08-25 | 1921-08-25 | Germany | Contract | 42 Stat. 1939 ; TS 658 |
| 1921-08-29 | 1921-08-29 | Hungary | Contract | 42 Stat. 1951 ; TS 660 |
| 1922-05-22 | 1922-05-22 | Austria | x | 42 Stat. 2273 |
| 1922-05-25 | 1922-05-25 | Germany | x | 42 Stat. 2271 |
| 1922-05-25 | 1922-05-25 | New Zealand | x | 42 Stat. 2274 |
| 1922-06-03 | 1922-06-03 | Italy | x | 42 Stat. 2276 |
| 1922-06-03 | 1922-06-03 | Hungary | x | 42 Stat. 2277 |
| 1923-02-26 | 1922-10-02 | Netherlands | m | 42 Stat. 2297 |
| 1923-12-27 | 1924-01-01 | Canada | m | 43 Stat. 1932 |
| 1924-06-26 | 1924-07-01 | Republic of South Africa | m | 43 Stat. 1957 |
| 1924-11-22 | 1923-07-01 | Switzerland | m | 43 Stat. 1976 |
| 1925-03-11 | 1920-08-01 | Austria | m | 44 Stat. 2571 |
| 1925-11-18 | 1925-07-01 | Chile | m | 44 Stat. 2590 |
| 1927-02-14 | 1927-02-16 | Poland | m | 44 Stat. 2634 |
| 1927-04-27 | 1927-03-01 | Czechoslovakia | m | 45 Stat. 2906 |
| 1928-05-14 | 1928-05-14 | Romania | m | 45 Stat. 2949 |
| 1928-12-15 | 1929-01-01 | Finland | m | 45 Stat. 2980 |
| 1929-09-28 | 1929-10-01 | Iran | m | 46 Stat. 3005 |
| 1932-02-23 | 1932-03-01 | Greece | m | 47 Stat. 2502 |
| 1933-09-29 | 1933-10-01 | Palestine (except for the territory of Jordan) | m | 48 Stat. 1713 |
| 1934-04-07 | 1934-04-07 | Gdansk | m | 48 Stat. 1737 |
| 1934-08-23 | 1934-08-23 | Argentina | m | 49 Stat. 3413 |
| 1934-10-10 | 1934-10-10 | Spain | m | 49 Stat. 3420 |
| 1937-11-13 | 1938-10-01 | Thailand | Contract | 53 Stat. 1731 |
| 1944-03-10 | 1944-03-10 | The British Empire and Palestine (except for the territory of Jordan) | xx | 58 Stat. 1129 |
| 1946-11-04 | 1948-11-30 | People's Republic of China | Contract | 63 Stat. 1299 |
| 1947-02-10 | 1947-09-15 | Italy | Contract | 61 Stat. 1245 ; TIAS 1648 |
| 1947-02-10 | 1947-09-15 | Romania | Contract | 61 Stat. 1757 ; TIAS 1649 |
| 1947-02-10 | 1947-09-15 | Hungary | Contract | 61 Stat. 2065 ; TIAS 1651 |
| 1947-03-27 | 1947-03-27 | France | xx | 61 Stat. 1057 |
| 1947-04-24 | 1947-04-24 | New Zealand | xx | 61 Stat. 1065 |
| 1948-10-21 | 1948-10-21 | Philippines | m | 62 Stat. 1568 |
| 1949-12-29 | 1949-12-29 | Australia | xx (12 months) | 64 Stat. A385 |
| 1950-03-26 | 1950-12-29 | The British Empire and Palestine (except for the territory of Jordan) | o | 64 Stat. A412 |
| 1950-05-04 | 1950-05-15 | Israel | m | 64 Stat. A402 |
| 1950-05-26 | 1950-12-29 | France | o | 64 Stat. A413 |
| 1950-05-26 | 1950-12-29 | New Zealand | o | 64 Stat. A414 |
| 1951-09-08 | 1952-04-28 | Japan | Contract | 3 UST 3169; TIAS 2490 |
| 1951-11-16 | 1951-11-16 | Finland | xx | 66 Stat. C5 |
| 1951-12-12 | 1951-12-12 | Italy | xx | 66 Stat. C13 |
| 1952-02-04 | 1952-02-04 | Denmark | xx | 66 Stat. C20 |
| 1952-10-15 | 1952-10-15 | Monaco | m | 67 Stat. C16 |
| 1953-11-10 | 1952-04-28 | Japan | m | 5 UST 118 |
| 1954-10-21 | 1947-08-15 | India | m | 5 UST 2529 |
| 1957-04-02 | 1957-04-02 | Brazil | m | 8 UST 424 |
| 1960-06-15 | 1960-06-15 | Austria | xx | 74 Stat. C69 |
| 1966-05-29 | 1968-06-08 | Thailand | Contract | 19 UST 5843; TIAS 6540 |
| 1967-07-12 | 1967-07-12 | Germany | xx | 18 UST 2369 |
| 1987-05-18 | 1987-05-18 | Singapore | 101 Stat. 2134 | |
| 1992-03-17 | 1992-03-17 | PRC | 57 ° F. Reg. 9647 | |
| 1998-12-23 | 1998-12-23 | Vietnam | r | 63 ° F. Reg. 71571 |
| 2000-07-13 | 2001-12-10 | Vietnam | Convention | H. Doc. 107-85 |
| 2000-10-24 | 2001-12-17 | Jordan | Convention | H. Doc. 107-15 |
Note 1 : Stat. - A large body of United States law .
Literature
Pilch, JT: Understanding Copyright Law for Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Materials, in Slavic and East European Information Resources (SEEIR) 4 (1), pp. 75 to 101; Haworth Information Press 2003.
US Congress: Uruguay Round Agreements Act, HR 5110, 103d Cong., 2d Sess., Became Pub. L. No. 103-465, 108 Stat. 4809
Notes
- ↑ History of the WTO (inaccessible link)
- ↑ International Copyright US Copyright Office Circular 38a: Relations of the United States . - United States Copyright Office, Nov 2010.
- ↑ Presidential Proclamation 7161: Extending United States Copyright Protections to the Works of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam . Office of the President (December 23, 1998). Archived August 23, 2011.
- ↑ US Department of State
- ↑ Treaties in Force: a List of Treaties and Other International Agreements of the United States in Force on January 1, 2006; Appendix A, International Copyright Relations of the United States . - US Department of State, 2006.