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In addition to the rights recognized by the Berne Convention, they are granted certain economic rights. The Treaty also deals with two subject matters to be protected by <a href="https://www.wipo.int/copyright/en/" target="_self">copyright</a>: (i) computer programs, whatever the mode or form of their expression; and (ii) compilations of data or other material ("databases").</p> <h3 class="box__header">Members</h3> <ul class="dot__list"> <li><a href="https://www.wipo.int/wipolex/en/treaties/ShowResults?search_what=C&treaty_id=16">Contracting parties</a> <a href="/export/sites/www/treaties/en/docs/pdf/wct.pdf"><img title="PDF, Contracting parties" src="/export/sites/www/shared/images/icon/new/pdf.svg" alt="" /> </a></li> <li><a href="https://www.wipo.int/wipolex/en/treaties/ShowResults?search_what=B&bo_id=17">Members of the WIPO Copyright Treaty Assembly</a></li> </ul> <h3 class="box__header">Additional information</h3> <ul class="dot__list"> <li><a href="/treaties/en/ip/wct/summary_wct.html" target="_self">Summary of the WIPO Copyright Treaty</a></li> <li><a href="/treaties/en/preparatory-documents.html#accordion__collapse__25_a" target="_self">Treaty Preparatory Documents</a></li> </ul> </div> <div class="complementary"> <div class="box"> <h3 class="box__header">WIPO Copyright Treaty milestones</h3> <figure><img alt="WIPO Copyright Treaty" src="/export/sites/www/treaties/en/images/image_WCT.jpg" title="WIPO Copyright Treaty" /></figure> <ul class="dot__list"> <li>Adopted: Geneva - December 20, 1996</li> </ul> </div> </div> <div class="content"><a name="treaties"></a> <div class="main line"> <h2>Treaty, acts and other texts in force</h2> <h3>Treaty and Acts</h3> <ul class="dividers"> <li><a href="https://www.wipo.int/wipolex/en/treaties/textdetails/12740">WIPO Copyright Treaty (WCT) (1996)</a></li> </ul> <h3>Agreed statements</h3> <ul class="dividers"> <li><a href="https://www.wipo.int/wipolex/en/treaties/textdetails/12741">Agreed statements concerning the WIPO Copyright Treaty</a></li> </ul> </div> <div class="complementary line"> <div id="wipo-notifications" data-xml="/treaties/en/includes/notif_stat.xml?treaty_id=16" data-number="2" data-lang="en"></div> </div> </div> </div>  </div> </div> </div> <div class="container-footer-outer"> <div class="container-footer-inner"> <wipo-footer id="footer"> <span slot="contact">https://www3.wipo.int/contact/en/area.jsp?area=wipolex-judgments</span> <span slot="media">https://www.wipo.int/pressroom/en/</span> <span slot="terms">https://www.wipo.int/tools/en/disclaim.html</span> <span slot="privacy">https://www.wipo.int/en/web/privacy-policy/</span> <span slot="accessibility">https://www.wipo.int/en/web/accessibility/</span> <span slot="sitemap">https://www.wipo.int/tools/en/sitemap.html</span> <span slot="newsletters">https://www3.wipo.int/newsletters/en/</span> <span slot="podcast">https://www.wipo.int/en/web/podcasts/</span> <span slot="rss-feed">https://www.wipo.int/news/en/</span> </wipo-footer> </div></div> <script src='/export/system/modules/org.wipo.internet.rwd.templates/resources/scripts/plugins2016-min.js'></script> <script src='/export/system/modules/org.wipo.internet.rwd.templates/resources/scripts/main2016-min.js'></script> <script src='/export/system/modules/org.wipo.internet.rwd.templates/resources/webfonts/ss-standard.js'></script> <script src='/export/system/modules/org.wipo.internet.rwd.templates/resources/scripts/wipo.js'></script></body></html>