Rome Convention for the Protection of Performers, Producers of Phonograms and Broadcasting Organisations
| International Convention for the Protection of Performers, Producers of Phonograms and Broadcasting Organisations | |
|---|---|
| Signed | 26 October 1961 |
| Location | Rome |
| Effective | 18 May 1964 |
| Condition | Ratification by Germany and three Principal Allied Powers |
| Signatories | 26 |
| Parties | 91 |
| Depositary | Secretary-General of the United Nations |
| Languages | English, French and Spanish (original) |
The Rome Convention for the Protection of Performers, Producers of Phonograms and Broadcasting Organisations was accepted by members of BIRPI, the predecessor to the modern World Intellectual Property Organization, on 26 October 1961. The agreement extended copyright protection for the first time from the author of a work to the creators and owners of particular, physical manifestations of intellectual property, such as audiocassettes or DVDs.
Nations drew up the Convention in response to new technologies like tape recorders that made the reproduction of sounds and images easier and cheaper than ever before. Whereas earlier copyright law, including international agreements like the 1886 Berne Convention, had been written to regulate the circulation of printed materials, the Rome Convention responded to the new circumstance of ideas variously represented in easily reproduced units by covering performers and producers of recordings under copyright:
The Rome Convention allows the following exceptions in national laws to the above-mentioned rights:
Furthermore, once a performer has consented to the incorporation of his performance in a visual or audiovisual fixation, the provisions on performers' rights have no further application.
1. https://treaties.un.org/pages/ViewDetails.aspx?src=TREATY&mtdsg_no=XIV-3&chapter=14&clang=_en
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