Treaties

Status of Korea’s Conclusion and/or Accession into Copyright-related International Treaties and Conventions

Treaty Name Description Date of Adoption
(Treaty)
Instrument Entry into Force Additional Information
Convention Establishing the World Intellectual Property Organization
  • Stipulates the establishment of WIPO
  • Signed when joining WIPO
July 14, 1967 Accession: December 1, 1978 March 1, 1979 -
Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works
  • Framework Convention on copyright
  • Protection provisions for copyright
  • Term of protection: 50 years
September 9, 1886 Accession: May 21, 1996 August 21, 1996 [Details]
Rome Convention for the Protection of Performers, Producers of Phonograms and Broadcasting Organizations
  • Framework Convention on neighboring rights
  • Protection provisions for neighboring rights
  • Term of protection: 20 years
October 26, 1961 Accession: December 18, 2008 March 18, 2009 [Details]
Brussels Convention Relating to the Distribution of Programme-Carrying Signals Transmitted by Satellite
  • Sufficient obligatory provisions designed to prevent illegal distribution of program carrying signals transmitted by satellites
  • Short excerpts or quotations are exceptions
May 21, 1974 Accession: December 19, 2011 March 19, 2012 -
Convention for the Protection of Producers of Phonograms Against Unauthorized Duplication of Their Phonograms
  • Provisions prohibiting unauthorized duplication of phonograms
  • Only single content is regulated; having little effect
October 29, 1971 Accession: July 1, 1987 October 10, 1987 -
World Trade Organization (WTO) - Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS Agreement) (1994)
  • Some provisions of the Berne Convention and the Rome Convention are incorporated into TRIPS
  • Comprehensive provisions on copyright and related rights
  • It is possible to bring disputes among countries to the dispute settlement body
  • WTO’s general principles such as National Treatment (NT) and Most-Favored-Nation Treatment (MFN) are applied
April 15, 1994 - January 1, 1995 -
WIPO Copyright Treaty(WCT)
  • Copyright protection in the Internet era
  • Treaty that has updated the Berne Convention to suit the digital age
  • Term of protection: 50 years
December 20, 1996 Accession: March 24, 2004 June 24, 2004 -
WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty(WPPT)
  • Protection of performances and phonograms in the age of the Internet
  • Treaty that has updated provisions on performances and phonograms among the content of the Rome Convention to suit the digital age
  • Term of protection: 50 years
December 20, 1996 Accession: December 18, 2008 March 18, 2009 [Details]
Beijing Treaty on Audiovisual Performances
  • Intellectual property rights of performers in audiovisual performances
June 24, 2012 Accession: April 22, 2020 July 22, 2020 [Details]
Marrakesh Treaty to Facilitate Access to Published Works for Persons Who Are Blind, Visually Impaired or Otherwise Print Disabled
  • adopted on June 27, 2013
  • Its main goal is to create a set of mandatory limitations and exceptions for the benefit of the blind, visually impaired, and otherwise print disabled (VIPs).
June 28, 2013 Ratification: October 8, 2015 September 30, 2016 -
Universal Copyright Convention of 6 September 1952, with Appendix Declaration relating to Article XVII and Resolution concerning Article XI
  • Coordination between formality and non- formality concerning copyright protection(Application of © Mark)
  • Most countries pursued non-formality, having little effect
September 6, 1952 Accession: July 1, 1987 October 1, 1987 [Details]