2011 Publishing Industry Survey

The local publishing industry has been in flux for a number of years, with practitioners leaving the industry, mergers and acquisitions, and some smaller publishers trading entirely on their backlist, having ceased to produce new publications. It is important to map these shifts based on empirical…

WIPO Copyright Treaty 1996

Desiring to develop and maintain the protection of the rights of authors in their literary and artistic works in a manner as effective and uniform as possible

WIPO Convention 1979

The Contracting Parties, Desiring to contribute to better understanding and cooperation among States for their mutual benefit on the basis of respect for their sovereignty and equality

Berne Convention

The countries to which this Convention applies constitute a Union for the protection of the rights of authors in their literary and artistic works

WIPO Performance and Phonograms Treaty 1996

Desiring to develop and maintain the protection of the rights of performers and producers of phonograms in a manner as effective and uniform as possible, recognising the need to introduce new international rules in order to provide adequate solutions to the questions raised by economic, social,…