Iran completes bill to join Universal Copyright Conventio

TEHRAN,April 4(MNA) -- A bill to join the Universal Copyright Convention has recently been completed by Iranian Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance, an official of the ministry said on Tuesday. The bill has been submitted for discussion in the cabinet, the ministry’s Legal Department Director Ahmad-Ali Mohsenzadeh told the Persian service of the Iranian Students News Agency. “Iran is not a member of any international copyright agreement, but the bill was handed over to the cabinet and approval of the bill would be the first step to join the international copyright agreements,” he added. Many countries have signed and ratified one or more multilateral international copyright treaties, which include the Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works (1886), the Universal Copyright Convention, the Geneva Act, (UCC Geneva, 1952), the Universal Copyright Convention, the Paris Act (UCC Paris, 1971), the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights, Marrakech (TRIPS, 1994), and WIPO Copyright Treaty, Geneva, (WCT, 1996).