GENEVA PHONOGRAMS CONVENTION

Geneva Phonograms Convention.A 1971 treaty requiring signatories to protect phonorecord

producers against piracy and the importation of pirated copies, by copyright protection,

unfair-competition law, or criminal sanc-tions. • The treaty was drafted by representatives from

WIPO and UNESCO to correct weaknesses in the Rome Convention. — Also termed Convention

for the Protection of Producers of Phonograms Against Unauthorized Duplication of Their

Phonograms; Phonograms Convention. [Blacks Law 8^th]