EU AND INTERNATIONAL LAW - Law
International Convention for the Protection of Performers, Producers of Phonograms and Broadcasting Organizations 26.10.1961
The so-called Rome Convention is the first significant international treaty on the protection of
performers, producers of phonograms and broadcasting organizations. Among the
others, the convention introduces legal definitions of ‘phonograms’ and
‘producer of phonograms’, acknowledges the necessity of a remuneration for
permitted uses of creative works and provides for certain general exceptions.