Multinational agreement among 30 countries to give cultural
industry a new lease of life.
With the Beijing Treaty on Audiovisual Performances coming into
force on April 28, the new vigor will be injected into the cultural
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The treaty, adopted by members of the World Intellectual
Property Organization at a diplomatic conference in Beijing in
2012, deals with the intellectual property rights of performers in
audiovisual performances. It is the first multinational IP treaty
signed in China and named after a Chinese city since 1949.
Three months after Indonesia ratified it as the 30th contracted
party on Jan 28, the treaty came into effect.
As a milestone in international IP protection, the treaty will
improve the protection offered to performers by the international
community, and promote the development of the audiovisual industry,
according to WIPO.
