Convention relating to the Distribution of Programme-Carrying Signals Transmitted by Satellite

General Detail

General Information

  1. Type: Convention
  2. Date of signature:
  3. Place of signature: Brussels, Belgium
  4. Depositary:
  5. Date of entry into force: 25/08/1979

Category

Transport and telecommunications

Sub category

Telecommunications

Groups

WIPO

What is it about?

This Convention relates to the establishment of an international system under which measures are provided to prevent distributors from distributing programme-carrying signals transmitted by satellite which were not intended for those distributors.

Why is it relevant?

This instrument considers intellectual property rights of authors, performers, producers of phonograms and broadcast organizations, in the sense that each Contracting State undertakes to take adequate measures to prevent the distribution on or from its territory of any programme carrying signal by any distributor for whom the signal emitted to or passing through the satellite is not intended. It also takes into consideration the rapid growth, both in volume and geographical coverage, of the use of satellites for the distribution of programme carrying signals.

Additional Information

This instrument is jointly administered by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) and the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).

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Country ratifications
CountryRatification date
Armenia13/09/1993
Australia26/07/1990
Austria06/08/1982
Bahrain01/02/2007
Bosnia and Herzegovina12/01/1994
Chile08/03/2011
Colombia20/12/2013
Costa Rica25/03/1999
Croatia08/10/1991
El Salvador22/04/2010
Germany25/05/1979
Greece22/07/1991
Honduras07/01/2008
Italy07/04/1981
Jamaica12/10/1999
Kenya06/01/1976
Macedonia (The former Yugoslav Republic of)17/11/1991
Mexico18/03/1976
Moldova28/07/2008
Montenegro23/10/2006
Morocco31/03/1983
Nicaragua01/12/1975
Oman18/12/2007
Panama25/06/1985
Peru07/05/1985
Portugal11/12/1995
Republic of Korea19/12/2011
Russian Federation20/10/1988
Rwanda25/04/2001
Serbia03/06/2006
Singapore27/01/2005
Slovenia25/06/1991
Switzerland24/06/1993
Togo10/03/2003
Trinidad and Tobago01/08/1996
United States of America07/12/1984
Viet Nam12/10/2005
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YearRatifications
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