The secretariat of the World Media Summit (WMS) issued Thursday a convention on the protection of intellectual property related to media results.
Following is the full text of the convention:
World Media Summit Convention on the Protection of Intellectual Property Related to Media Results (June 2012)
On September 27, 2011, the World Media Summit (WMS) Presidium Meeting was held in Beijing, where members of the Presidium unanimously agreed that with the development of new media and digital technology, problems concerning intellectual property protection related to media results would become increasingly serious.
To guarantee correct use and communication of media results, maintain the legitimate interests of media result originators thereof, promote the thriving development of the media industry in the world, and achieve the objective of "Cooperation, Action, Win-Win and Development" of the WMS, member institutions of the Presidium, including Xinhua News Agency, The Associated Press (AP), BBC, The New York Times Company, ITAR-TASS, Kyodo News, News Corporation, Thomson Reuters, Al Jazeera, and Turner Broadcasting System, developed and agreed on the Convention on the Protection of Intellectual Property Related to Media Results under the mechanism of the Summit.
We have recognized that the media results are the results of intellectual creation from the originators, the related rights of authorship, alteration and reproduction (The above rights originate from "Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works" but excluding the property rights related to the performance such as alteration right, public performance right and recitation right and so on. In addition, the translation right, broadcasting right, recording right and continuation right shall not be included herein.) shall be protected; the news media shall observe the rule of fair competition during operation, and fully respect the intellectual property rights of other persons.
We are committed to strengthening their self-disciplinary behaviors on the protection of intellectual property rights of media results by means of improving internal rules and regulations, respecting and protecting the legitimate interests of the media result originators. We are committed to indicating sources when quoting the media results of others, respecting the integrity right of the media results, and not making any misrepresentation or alteration on these quoted media results.
We call on national governments and international organizations to improve legislation and law enforcement on the protection of intellectual property rights related to media results, so as to protect the legitimate interests of media result originators and rights-holders.
We will pay more attention to the protection of intellectual property rights related to media results.