Tratatul de la Beijing privind interpretările audio-vizuale
The Beijing Treaty concerning audiovisual performances

Summary/Abstract: The Beijing Treaty on Audiovisual Performances was adopted by WIPO Diplomatic Conference on 24 June 2012 and it was regarded as a success both for the industry and for the labor market, permitting them to fight against the global piracy. For WIPO the adoption of the Treaty meant practically the boost of the organization in the field of copyright and related rights, because since 1996 when the WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty was adopted, no other Treaty or Convention in the field wasn’t adopted. The representatives of WIPO consider that the Treaty will offer the necessary protection of the performers in the digital medium. Also the Treaty will strength the economical rights of the actors and other performers and will assure for them additional incomes resulted from their work. Under this treaty, the agreed term of protection for performers (Art. 14) will be “at least, until the end of a period of 50 years computed from the end of the year in which the performance was fixed.” Article 13 provides limitations and exceptions to copyright, essentially leaving it to national law, and Article 15 on technological protection measures contains a complicated footnote clarifying that limitations and exceptions must be respected.

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