The 1996 WIPO copyright treaty: extending copyright law into the digital domain world of the 21st century

One of three draft treaties prepared under the auspices of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) and considered at the december 1996 WIPO Diplomatic Conference on Certain Copyright and neighboring Rights Questions convened in Geneva, Switzerland was the WIPO copyright Treaty. The Diplomatic Conference also produced a second treaty, the WIPO Perfomances and Phonograms treaty.