English: WIPO Director General Daren Tang (right) received on January 28, 2022 Uganda's instruments of ratification and accession to four key WIPO copyright treaties – the Berne Convention, the WIPO Copyright Treaty, the WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty, and the Beijing Treaty on Audiovisual Performances – from Minister of Foreign Affairs of Uganda Abubakhar Jeje Odongo.

WIPO’s international copyright treaties are designed to fit together seamlessly, to ensure all relevant creative sectors benefit from an appropriate level of rights recognition.

The Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works (1886, updated in 1971) grants consistent rights to authors and creators (writers, musicians, film producers, painters, etc.) across member countries. The WIPO Copyright Treaty (1996), known as the WCT, is the first WIPO Treaty devoted to copyright in the digital environment. The WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty (1996), known as the WPPT, is in the same vein as the WCT in that it addresses related rights in the digital environment. It gives two categories of rights owners – performers and producers of recorded music – transaction tools to empower them in their negotiations with new digital platforms and distributors. The Beijing Treaty on Audiovisual Performances (2012) grants protection to audiovisual performers, whose rights were not fully covered by the WPPT.

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