ration as the Convention of the 9th September, 1886. These shall be ratified, and the ratification shall be exchanged at Paris in the form adopted for that Convention, as soon as possible, and within a year at the latest. Either shall come into force between the countries who have ratified it three months after this exchange. ARTICLE 30 to be notified The States which intro- Adoption of duce into their legislation term of life the term of protection of and 50 years fifty years, provided for by Article 7, paragraph 1, of the present Convention, shall make it known to the Government of the Swiss Confederation by a written notification which shall be communicated at once by that Government to all the other countries of the Union. It shall be the same for such States as shall renounce any reservations made by them in virtue of Articles 25, 26, and 27. Notice shall be given of renouncement of any reservations In testimony of which, Signature the respective Plenipoten tiaries have signed the pre • Article 7 provides for a general term of protection for life and fifty years. Date of signing, Novem ber 13, 1908 sent Convention and have attached thereto their seals. Done at Berlin, the thirteenth of November, one thousand nine hundred eight, in a single copy, which shall be deposited in the archives of the Government of the Swiss Confederation, and of which copies, properly certified, shall be sent through diplomatic channels to the contracting countries. IV PAN AMERICAN UNION: CONVENTIONS II. MONTEVIDEO CONVENTION, 1889 TREATY ON LITERARY AND ARTISTIC COPYRIGHT ARTICLE I The contracting States promise to recognize and protect the rights of literary and artistic property, according to the provisions of the present treaty. ARTICLE 2 Union to protect literary and artistic property The author of any literary or artistic work, and his suc- Authorsshall cessors, shall enjoy in the contracting States the rights enjoy rights accorded him by the law of the State in which its original secured in publication or production took place. ARTICLE 3 country of origin The author's right of ownership in a literary or artistic Definition of work shall comprise the right to dispose of it, to publish it, copyright to convey it to another, to translate it or to authorize its translation, and to reproduce it in any form whatsoever. ARTICLE 4 No State shall be obliged to recognize the right to liter- Term not to ary or artistic property for a longer period than that allowed exceed that to authors who obtain the same right in that State. This of country of origin period may be limited to that prescribed in the country where it originates, if such period be the shorter. ARTICLE 5 By the expression literary or artistic works is understood all books, pamphlets, or other writings, dramatic or dra "literary and artistic work" Definition of matico-musical works, chorographies, musical compositions with or without words, drawings, paintings, sculptures, engravings, photographs, lithographs, geographical maps, plans, sketches, and plastic works relating to geography, topography, architecture, or to the sciences in general; and finally every production in the field of literature or art which may be published in any way by printing or reproduction. Translation rights Newspaper articles Addresses Infringements defined Authority recognized ARTICLE 6 The translators of works of which a copyright either does not exist or has expired, shall enjoy with respect to their translations the rights declared in Article 3, but they shall not prevent the publication of other translations of the same work. ARTICLE 7 Newspaper articles may be reproduced upon quoting the publication from which they are taken. From this provision articles relating to the sciences or arts, and the reproduction of which shall have been prohibited by the authors are excepted. ARTICLE 8 Speeches pronounced or read in deliberative assemblies, before tribunals of justice, or in public meetings, may be published in the public press without any authorization whatsoever. ARTICLE 9 Under the head of illicit reproductions shall be classed all indirect, unauthorized appropriations of a literary or artistic work, which may be designated by different names as adaptations, arrangements, etc., etc., and which are no more than a reproduction without presenting the character of an original work. ARTICLE IO The rights of authorship shall be allowed, in the absence of proof to the contrary, in favor of the persons whose names or pseudonyms shall be borne upon the literary or artistic works in question. If the authors wish to withhold their names, they should inform the editors that the rights of authorship belong to them. ARTICLE II Those who usurp the right of literary or artistic pro- Each govperty shall be brought before the courts and tried accord- ernment to ing to the laws of the country in which the fraud may have exercise been committed. ARTICLE 12 supervision The recognition of the right of ownership of literary and Immoral artistic works shall not prevent the contracting States works from preventing by suitable legislation the reproduction, publication, circulation, representation, or exhibition of all works which may be considered contrary to good morals. ARTICLE 13 The simultaneous ratification of all the contracting na- Ratification tions shall not be necessary to the effectiveness of this treaty. Those who adopt it will communicate the fact to the Governments of the Argentine Republic and the Eastern Republic of Uruguay, who will inform the other contracting nations. This formality will take the place of an exchange. ARTICLE 14 The exchange having been made in the manner pre- Indefinite scribed in the foregoing article, this treaty shall remain in period force for an indefinite period after that act. ARTICLE 15 If any of the contracting nations should deem it advis- Withdrawable to be released from this treaty, or introduce modifica- als tions in it, said nation shall so inform the rest; but it shall not be released until two years after the date of notification, during which time measures will be taken to effect a new arrangement. ARTICLE 16 The provisions of Article 13 are extended to all na- Adherences tions who, although not represented in this Congress, may desire to adopt the present treaty. |