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It provides creators such as authors, musicians, poets, painters etc. with the means to control how their works are used, by whom, and on what terms. It is based on three basic principles and contains a series of provisions determining the minimum protection to be granted, as well as special provisions available to developing countries that want to make use of them.</p> <h3 class="box__header">Members</h3> <ul class="dot__list"> <li><a class="a-all accordion__toggle accordion__toggle collapsed" href="https://www-wipo-int.translate.goog/treaties/en/ip/berne/?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#accordion__col1" data-toggle="collapse">Contracting parties</a> <a href="https://www-wipo-int.translate.goog/export/sites/www/treaties/en/docs/pdf/berne.pdf?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB"><img title="PDF, Contracting parties" src="/export/sites/www/shared/images/icon/new/pdf.svg" alt=""> </a> <div class="accordion__group"> <div id="accordion__col1" class="accordion__body collapse"> <div class="accordion__inner"> <ul class="dot__list"> <li><a href="https://www-wipo-int.translate.goog/wipolex/en/treaties/ShowResults?search_what=C&treaty_id=15&_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB">Berne Convention</a></li> <li><a href="https://www-wipo-int.translate.goog/wipolex/en/treaties/ShowResults?search_what=A&act_id=45&_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB">Paris Additional Act (1896)</a></li> <li><a href="https://www-wipo-int.translate.goog/wipolex/en/treaties/ShowResults?search_what=A&act_id=44&_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB">Berlin Act (1908)</a></li> <li><a href="https://www-wipo-int.translate.goog/wipolex/en/treaties/ShowResults?search_what=A&act_id=46&_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB">Berne Additional Protocol (1914)</a></li> <li><a href="https://www-wipo-int.translate.goog/wipolex/en/treaties/ShowResults?search_what=A&act_id=25&_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB">Rome Act (1928)</a></li> <li><a href="https://www-wipo-int.translate.goog/wipolex/en/treaties/ShowResults?search_what=A&act_id=24&_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB">Brussels Act (1948)</a></li> <li><a href="https://www-wipo-int.translate.goog/wipolex/en/treaties/ShowResults?search_what=A&act_id=23&_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB">Stockholm Act (1967)</a></li> <li><a href="https://www-wipo-int.translate.goog/wipolex/en/treaties/ShowResults?search_what=A&act_id=26&_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB">Paris Act (1971)</a></li> </ul> </div> </div> </div></li> <li>Members of the Berne Union:<br><a href="https://www-wipo-int.translate.goog/wipolex/en/treaties/ShowResults?search_what=B&bo_id=7&_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB">Assembly</a> | <a href="https://www-wipo-int.translate.goog/wipolex/en/treaties/ShowResults?search_what=B&bo_id=8&_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB">Executive Committee</a></li> </ul> <h3 class="box__header">Additional information</h3> <ul class="dot__list"> <li><a href="https://www-wipo-int.translate.goog/treaties/en/ip/berne/summary_berne.html?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" target="_self">Summary of the Berne Convention</a></li> <li><a href="https://www-wipo-int.translate.goog/copyright/en/?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB">Copyright and Related Rights</a></li> <li><a href="https://www-wipo-int.translate.goog/treaties/en/preparatory-documents.html?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#accordion__collapse__03_a" target="_self">Treaty Preparatory Documents</a></li> </ul> </div> <div class="complementary"> <div class="box"> <h3 class="box__header">Berne Convention milestones</h3> <figure> <img alt="Berne Convention" src="/export/sites/www/treaties/en/images/image_BerneConvention.jpg" title="Berne Convention"> </figure> <ul class="dot__list"> <li>Adopted: Berne - September 9, 1886</li> <li>Completed: Paris - May 4, 1896</li> <li>Revised: Berlin - November 13, 1908</li> <li>Completed: Berne - March 20, 1914</li> <li>Revised:<br> ○ Rome - June 2, 1928<br> ○ Brussels - June 26, 1948<br> ○ Stockholm - July 14, 1967<br> ○ Paris - July 24, 1971</li> <li>Amended: September 28, 1979</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.translate.goog/wipolex/en/treaties/textdetails/12214?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB">Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works (as amended on September 28, 1979) </a></li> </ul> </div> <div class="complementary line"> <div id="wipo-notifications" data-lang="en" data-number="2" data-xml="/treaties/en/includes/notif_stat.xml?treaty_id=15">  </div> </div> </div> <div class="content line"> <a name="historical"></a> <h2><a class="a-all accordion__toggle accordion__toggle collapsed" href="https://www-wipo-int.translate.goog/treaties/en/ip/berne/?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#accordion__col2" data-toggle="collapse">Historical archives</a></h2> <div class="accordion__group"> <div id="accordion__col2" class="accordion__body collapse"> <div class="accordion__inner"> <h3>Treaty and Acts</h3> <ul class="dividers"> <li><a href="https://www-wipo-int.translate.goog/wipolex/en/treaties/textdetails/12800?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB">Paris Act (1971)</a></li> <li><a href="https://www-wipo-int.translate.goog/wipolex/en/treaties/textdetails/12801?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB">Stockholm Act (1967)</a></li> <li><a href="https://www-wipo-int.translate.goog/wipolex/en/treaties/textdetails/12802?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB">Brussels Act (1948)</a></li> <li><a href="https://www-wipo-int.translate.goog/wipolex/en/treaties/textdetails/12803?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB">Rome Act (1928)</a></li> <li><a href="https://www-wipo-int.translate.goog/wipolex/en/treaties/textdetails/12804?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB">Berne Additional Protocol (1914)</a></li> <li><a href="https://www-wipo-int.translate.goog/wipolex/en/treaties/textdetails/12805?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB">Berlin Act (1908)</a></li> <li><a href="https://www-wipo-int.translate.goog/wipolex/en/treaties/textdetails/12806?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB">Paris Additional Act (1896)</a></li> <li><a href="https://www-wipo-int.translate.goog/wipolex/en/treaties/textdetails/12807?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB">Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works (1886)</a></li> </ul> </div> </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> <script>function gtElInit() {var lib = new google.translate.TranslateService();lib.translatePage('en', 'en', function () {});}</script> <script src="https://translate.google.com/translate_a/element.js?cb=gtElInit&hl=en-GB&client=wt" type="text/javascript"></script> </body> </html>