THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATESWipo Copyright Treaty and Wipo Performances and Phonograms Treaty • September 3rd, 1997
THE PRESIDENT: I have the honor to submit to you, with a view to their transmission to the Senate for advice and consent to ratifi- cation, the World Intellectual Property Organization (‘‘WIPO’’) Copyright Treaty and the WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty, both done at Geneva on December 20, 1996 (hereinafter, ‘‘the Treaties’’). These Treaties were adopted under the auspices of the World Intellectual Property Organization to strengthen inter- national standards for the protection of copyright.
R E P O R TWipo Copyright Treaty and Wipo Performances and Phonograms Treaty • July 24th, 2003
The Committee on Foreign Relations, to which was referred the World Intellectual Property Organization Copyright Treaty and the World Intellectual Property Organization Performances and Phonograms Treaty, done at Geneva on December 20, 1996, and signed by the United States on April 12, 1997, having considered the same, reports favorably thereon with one reservation, two declarations and three provisos, and recommends that the Senate give its advice and consent to the ratification thereof as set forth in this report and the accompanying resolution of ratification.
