Some articles on rome convention for the protection of performers, protection, convention:
... The Rome Convention for the Protection of Performers, Producers of Phonograms and Broadcasting Organisations was accepted by members of BIRPI, the predecessor to the modern World Intellectual Property ... The agreement extended copyright protection for the first time from the author of a work to the creators and owners of particular, physical manifestations of ... Nations drew up the Convention in response to new technologies like tape recorders that made the reproduction of sounds and images easier and cheaper than ever before ...
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