unitex@rubbs.fidonet.org (unitex) (09/16/89)
JAPAN ACCEDES TO PHONOGRAM CONVENTION Posting Date: 09/14/89 Source: UNITEX Network, Hoboken, NJ, USA UN PRESS RELEASE: Japan has acceded to the International Convention for the Protection of Performers, Producers of Phonograms and Broadcasting Organizations. Its instrument of accession was received by the United Nations Office of Legal Affairs on 26 July. The Convention, concluded at Rome on 26 October 1961, binds each State party to grant, among other things, the same treatment in its territory to foreign performers, producers and broadcasters as to its nationals. It came into force on 18 May 1964. As of 26 July, 33 countries had expressed consent to be bound by the Convention. * Origin: UNITEX --> Toward a United Species (1:107/501) --- Patt Haring | UNITEX : United Nations patth@sci.ccny.cuny.edu | Information patth@ccnysci.BITNET | Transfer Exchange -=- Every child smiles in the same language. -=-