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Commentary on the Original Signatories of the Paris Convention]</ref> The treaty took effect on July 7, 1884 wherein Great Britain, Tunisia and Ecuador also joined the treaty.The United Stated joined by 1887. The treaty was revised several times on December 14, 1900 at Brussels, June 2, 1911 in Washington, November 16, 1925 in Hague, October 31, 1958 in Lisbon, July 14, 1967 in Lisbon, and the latest amendment was done on September 28, 1979. At present, there are 173 countries signed in the Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property.<ref>[http://www.wipo.int/treaties/en/ShowResults.jsp?lang=en&treaty_id=2 Members of the Paris Convention]</ref>

Commentary on the Original Signatories of the Paris Convention]</ref> The treaty took effect on July 7, 1884 wherein Great Britain, Tunisia and Ecuador also joined the treaty.The United Stated joined by 1887. The treaty was revised several times on December 14, 1900 at Brussels, June 2, 1911 in Washington, November 16, 1925 in Hague, October 31, 1958 in Lisbon, July 14, 1967 in Lisbon, and the latest amendment was done on September 28, 1979. At present, there are 173 countries signed in the Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property.<ref>[http://www.wipo.int/treaties/en/ShowResults.jsp?lang=en&treaty_id=2 Members of the Paris Convention]</ref>

===Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary Artistic Works==

===Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary Artistic Works===

The Association Littéraire et Artistique International initiated the establishment for international copyright protection as influenced by the French copyright law, "droit d'auteur."<ref>[http://multitudes.samizdat.net/Petite-histoire-des-batailles-du A Short History of Copyright Battles]</ref> The Associated drafted a treaty which was introduced in 1886 in Berne, Switzerland. Subsequently, the '''Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary Artistic Works''' was created to provide international protection for the intellectual property rights of authors and artists who are citizens of the countries that are member of the convention. The authors or artists have the  right to control, and receive payment for their works such as architectural works, drawings, music, novels, poems, plays, short stories, songs, operas,paintings and sculptures. The first signatories of the treaty were Belgium, France, Italy, Germany, Spain, Switzerland, Tunisia and United Kingdom. The United States became part of the Berne Convention not until March 1, 1989.<ref>[http://www.copyright.gov/circs/circ38a.pdf International Copyright Relations of the United States]</ref>

The Association Littéraire et Artistique International initiated the establishment for international copyright protection as influenced by the French copyright law, "droit d'auteur."<ref>[http://multitudes.samizdat.net/Petite-histoire-des-batailles-du A Short History of Copyright Battles]</ref> The Associated drafted a treaty which was introduced in 1886 in Berne, Switzerland. Subsequently, the '''Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary Artistic Works''' was created to provide international protection for the intellectual property rights of authors and artists who are citizens of the countries that are member of the convention. The authors or artists have the  right to control, and receive payment for their works such as architectural works, drawings, music, novels, poems, plays, short stories, songs, operas,paintings and sculptures. The first signatories of the treaty were Belgium, France, Italy, Germany, Spain, Switzerland, Tunisia and United Kingdom. The United States became part of the Berne Convention not until March 1, 1989.<ref>[http://www.copyright.gov/circs/circ38a.pdf International Copyright Relations of the United States]</ref>