Bilateral copyright agreements of the United States are agreements between the United States and another country which allow U.S. authors to claim copyright protection in the other country and authors from that country to claim protection under United States copyright law.
The agreements can take one of two forms with respect to the United States:
Treaties which deal only with copyright matters are usually known as "conventions": however, certain other treaties (e.g., peace treaties) also contain provisions concerning copyright.
It is impossible to give a definitive list of countries which are affected by the proclamations listed below. The law of succession of states allows for the de facto continuation of a treaty or agreement when a territory becomes independent, and many of the proclamations had effect in former dependent territories.
The United States Department of State has the responsibility to determine whether an agreement is still in force or not with respect to a given territory: it does not make this determination unless there is an actual case in question. For several former dependent territories, the question has yet to be posed and the status of their copyright relations with the United States is listed as "uncertain" by the U.S. Copyright Office. [1]
If the country concerned has continued to protect U.S. copyrighted works since independence, the agreement may be considered to be still in force: under U.S. law, the decision lies with the Secretary of State. The President also has the option of issuing a proclamation under 17 U.S.C. 104A, which has the effect of recognizing the copyrights of the country concerned but provides safeguards for anyone who has used works in the United States while believing they were in the public domain. This latter option has been used once since it was introduced by the Uruguay Round Agreements Act in 1994, with respect to Vietnam. [2]
Proclamations issued before January 1, 1978, the effective date of the Copyright Act of 1976, remain in force under section 104 of that Act, which provides that: "All proclamations issued by the President under section 1(e) or 9(b) of title 17 as it existed on December 31, 1977, or under previous copyright statutes of the United States, shall continue in force until terminated, suspended, or revised by the President."
As of January 1,2006 [update] , the U.S. State Department lists the following bilateral treaties in force. [3]
Date of proclamation | Effective date | Country | Notes[ clarification needed ] | Reference |
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1891-07-01 | 1891-07-01 | Belgium, France, Great Britain and British possessions, Switzerland | 27 Stat. 981 | |
1892-04-15 | 1892-04-15 | Germany | 27 Stat. 1021 | |
1892-10-31 | 1892-10-31 | Italy | Letters between William F. Wharton and Saverio Fava. Based on copyright law 1012/1882 in Italy and 1891 copyright act. Ratified with Italian royal decree 17/1893 after USA presidential proclamation 35/1892; later denounced; restored in 1948. No set expiry. [4] [5] | 27 Stat. 1043 |
1893-05-08 | 1893-05-08 | Denmark | 28 Stat. 1219 | |
1893-07-20 | 1893-07-20 | Portugal | 28 Stat. 1222 | |
1895-07-10 | 1895-07-10 | Spain | 29 Stat. 871 | |
1896-02-27 | 1896-02-27 | Mexico | 29 Stat. 877 | |
1896-05-25 | 1896-05-25 | Chile | 29 Stat. 880 | |
1898-12-10 | 1898-12-10 | Spanish possessions | Treaty | 30 Stat. 1754; TS 343 |
1899-10-19 | 1899-10-19 | Costa Rica | 31 Stat. 1955 | |
1899-11-20 | 1899-11-20 | The Netherlands and Dutch possessions | 31 Stat. 1961 | |
1903-10-08 | 1904-01-13 | China | Treaty | 33 Stat. 2208 |
1903-11-17 | 1903-11-17 | Cuba | 33 Stat. 2324 | |
1905-07-01 | 1905-07-01 | Norway | 34 Stat. 3111 | |
1905-11-10 | 1906-05-10 | Japan | Conv. | 34 Stat. 2890 |
1907-09-20 | 1907-09-20 | Austro-Hungarian Empire | 35 Stat. 2155 | |
1908-05-19 | 1908-08-06 | Japanese possessions in Korea | Conv. | 35 Stat. 2041 |
1908-05-19 | 1908-08-06 | Japanese possessions in China | Conv. | 35 Stat. 2044 |
1910-04-09 | 1909-07-01 | Austro-Hungarian Empire, Belgium, Chile, Costa Rica, Cuba, Denmark, France, Germany, Great Britain and British possessions, Italy, Mexico, The Netherlands and Dutch possessions, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland | 36 Stat. 2685 | |
1910-06-29 | 1910-06-29 | Luxembourg | 36 Stat. 2716 | |
1910-12-08 | 1910-12-08 | Germany | m | 36 Stat. 2761 |
1911-05-26 | 1911-06-01 | Sweden | 37 Stat. 1682 | |
1911-06-14 | 1910-09-09 | Norway | m | 37 Stat. 1687 |
1911-06-14 | 1909-07-01 | Belgium | m | 37 Stat. 1688 |
1911-06-14 | 1910-06-29 | Luxembourg | m | 37 Stat. 1689 |
1911-11-27 | 1911-05-29 | Cuba | m | 37 Stat. 1721 |
1912-01-30 | 1912-10-16 | Hungary | Conv., m | 37 Stat. 1631 |
1912-10-04 | 1912-10-04 | "the subjects of Tunis" | 37 Stat. 1765 | |
1915-01-01 | 1915-01-01 | United Kingdom and the British Dominions, Colonies and Possessions with the exception of Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and Newfoundland | m | 38 Stat. 2044 |
1915-05-01 | 1915-05-01 | Italy | m | 39 Stat. 1725 |
1916-08-04 | 1916-08-04 | Danish West Indies | Treaty | 39 Stat. 1706; TS 629 |
1917-02-09 | 1916-12-01 | New Zealand | m | 39 Stat. 1815 |
1918-04-03 | 1918-03-15 | Australia | m | 40 Stat. 1764 |
1918-05-24 | 1918-05-24 | France | m | 40 Stat. 1784 |
1920-02-27 | 1920-02-01 | Sweden | m | 41 Stat. 1787 |
1920-04-10 | 1920-02-02 | United Kingdom and the British Dominions, Colonies and Possessions with the exception of Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and Newfoundland | mx | 41 Stat. 1790 |
1920-12-09 | 1920-12-09 | Denmark | mx | 41 Stat. 1810 |
1920-12-16 | 1921-09-01 | Thailand | Treaty | 42 Stat. 1928; TS 655 |
1921-08-24 | 1921-08-24 | Austria | Treaty | 42 Stat. 1946; TS 659 |
1921-08-25 | 1921-08-25 | Germany | Treaty | 42 Stat. 1939; TS 658 |
1921-08-29 | 1921-08-29 | Hungary | Treaty | 42 Stat. 1951; TS 660 |
1922-05-22 | 1922-05-22 | Austria | x | 42 Stat. 2273 |
1922-05-25 | 1922-05-25 | Germany | x | 42 Stat. 2271 |
1922-05-25 | 1922-05-25 | New Zealand | x | 42 Stat. 2274 |
1922-06-03 | 1922-06-03 | Italy | x | 42 Stat. 2276 |
1922-06-03 | 1922-06-03 | Hungary | x | 42 Stat. 2277 |
1923-02-26 | 1922-10-02 | The Netherlands and Dutch possessions | m | 42 Stat. 2297 |
1923-12-27 | 1924-01-01 | Canada | m | 43 Stat. 1932 |
1924-06-26 | 1924-07-01 | South Africa | m | 43 Stat. 1957 |
1924-11-22 | 1923-07-01 | Switzerland | m | 43 Stat. 1976 |
1925-03-11 | 1920-08-01 | Austria | m | 44 Stat. 2571 |
1925-11-18 | 1925-07-01 | Chile | m | 44 Stat. 2590 |
1927-02-14 | 1927-02-16 | Poland | m | 44 Stat. 2634 |
1927-04-27 | 1927-03-01 | Czechoslovakia | m | 45 Stat. 2906 |
1928-05-14 | 1928-05-14 | Romania | m | 45 Stat. 2949 |
1928-12-15 | 1929-01-01 | Finland | m | 45 Stat. 2980 |
1929-09-28 | 1929-10-01 | Irish Free State | m | 46 Stat. 3005 |
1932-02-23 | 1932-03-01 | Greece | m | 47 Stat. 2502 |
1933-09-29 | 1933-10-01 | Palestine (excluding Trans-Jordan) | m | 48 Stat. 1713 |
1934-04-07 | 1934-04-07 | Danzig | m | 48 Stat. 1737 |
1934-08-23 | 1934-08-23 | Argentina | m | 49 Stat. 3413 |
1934-10-10 | 1934-10-10 | Spain | m | 49 Stat. 3420 |
1937-11-13 | 1938-10-01 | Thailand | Treaty | 53 Stat. 1731 |
1944-03-10 | 1944-03-10 | United Kingdom, certain British Territories and Palestine (excluding Trans-Jordan) | xx | 58 Stat. 1129 |
1946-11-04 | 1948-11-30 | China | Treaty | 63 Stat. 1299 |
1947-02-10 | 1947-09-15 | Italy | Treaty | 61 Stat. 1245; TIAS 1648 |
1947-02-10 | 1947-09-15 | Romania | Treaty | 61 Stat. 1757; TIAS 1649 |
1947-02-10 | 1947-09-15 | Hungary | Treaty | 61 Stat. 2065; TIAS 1651 |
1947-03-27 | 1947-03-27 | France | xx | 61 Stat. 1057 |
1947-04-24 | 1947-04-24 | New Zealand | xx | 61 Stat. 1065 |
1948-10-21 | 1948-10-21 | Philippines | m | 62 Stat. 1568 |
1949-12-29 | 1949-12-29 | Australia | xx (12 months) | 64 Stat. A385 |
1950-03-26 | 1950-12-29 | United Kingdom, certain British Territories and Palestine (excluding Trans-Jordan) | o | 64 Stat. A412 |
1950-05-04 | 1950-05-15 | Israel | m | 64 Stat. A402 |
1950-05-26 | 1950-12-29 | France | o | 64 Stat. A413 |
1950-05-26 | 1950-12-29 | New Zealand | o | 64 Stat. A414 |
1951-09-08 | 1952-04-28 | Japan | Treaty | 3 UST 3169; TIAS 2490 |
1951-11-16 | 1951-11-16 | Finland | xx | 66 Stat. C5 |
1951-12-12 | 1951-12-12 | Italy | xx | 66 Stat. C13 |
1952-02-04 | 1952-02-04 | Denmark | xx | 66 Stat. C20 |
1952-10-15 | 1952-10-15 | Monaco | m | 67 Stat. C16 |
1953-11-10 | 1952-04-28 | Japan | m | 5 UST 118 |
1954-10-21 | 1947-08-15 | India | m | 5 UST 2529 |
1957-04-02 | 1957-04-02 | Brazil | m | 8 UST 424 |
1960-06-15 | 1960-06-15 | Austria | xx | 74 Stat. C69 |
1966-05-29 | 1968-06-08 | Thailand | Treaty | 19 UST 5843; TIAS 6540 |
1967-07-12 | 1967-07-12 | Federal Republic of Germany | xx | 18 UST 2369 |
1987-05-18 | 1987-05-18 | Singapore | 101 Stat. 2134 | |
1992-03-17 | 1992-03-17 | People's Republic of China | 57 F. Reg. 9647 | |
1998-12-23 | 1998-12-23 | Vietnam | r | 63 F. Reg. 71571 |
2000-07-13 | 2001-12-10 | Vietnam | Conv. | H. Doc. 107-85 |
2000-10-24 | 2001-12-17 | Jordan | Conv. | H. Doc. 107-15 |
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(help)The exchanges of notes between the United States and Italy, on the basis of which the proclamations of October 31, 1892 and May 1, 1915, were issued, were the subject of a note delivered on March 12, 1948, to the Italian Foreign Office by the American Embassy at Rome with respect to pre-war bilateral treaties and other international agreements which the United States desired to keep in force or revive pursuant to Article 44 of the Treaty of Peace with Italy. The note stated in part that the Government of the United States of America wishes to include the reciprocal copyright arrangement between the United States and Italy effected pursuant to the exchange of notes signed at Washington October 28, 1892, and the exchanges of notes signed at Washington September 2, 1914, February 12, March 4, and March 11, 1915, among the pre-war bilateral treaties and other international agreements with Italy which the United States desires to keep in force or revive. Accordingly, it is understood that the aforementioned arrangement will continue in force and that the Government of each country will extend to the nationals of the other country treatment as favorable with respect to copyrights as was contemplated at the time the arrangement was entered into by the two countries. (Department of State Bulletin, April 4, 1948, p. 455).