NOW, THEREFORE, be it known that I, Richard Nixon, President of the
United States of America, proclaim and make public the Convention as
revised, together with the two related protocols, to the end that they
shall be observed and fulfilled with good faith by the United States of
America and by the citizens of the United States of America and all other
persons subject to the jurisdiction thereof.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have signed this proclamation
and caused the Seal of the United States of America to be affixed.
DONE at the city of Washington this eighteenth day of July in the
year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred seventy-four and of
the independence of [SEAL] the United States of America the one
hundred ninety-ninth.
Richard Nixon
By the President: HENRY A. KISSINGER, Secretary of State
The Contracting States.
Moved by the desire to ensure in all countries copyright
protection of literary, scientific and artistic works,
Convinced that a system of copyright protection appropriate to
all nations of the world and expressed in a
universal convention, additional to, and without impairing
international systems already in force, will ensure respect for the rights
of the individual and encourage the development of literature, the
sciences and the arts,
Persuaded that such a universal copyright system will facilitate
a wider dissemination of works of the human mind and increase
international understanding,
Have resolved to revise the Universal Copyright Convention as
signed at Geneva on 6 September 1952 (hereinafter called "the 1952
Convention"), and consequently,
Have agreed as follows:
ARTICLE I
Each Contracting State undertakes to provide for the adequate
and effective protection of the rights of authors and other copyright
proprietors in literary, scientific and artistic works, including writings,
musical, dramatic and cinematographic works, and paintings,
engravings and sculpture.
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