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Schedule 1 COUNTRIES ENJOYING PROTECTION IN RESPECT OF ALL WORKS EXCEPT BROADCASTS AND CABLE PROGRAMMES

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(The countries specified in this Schedule either are parties to the Berne Copyright Convention and/or the Universal Copyright Convention or otherwise give adequate protection under their law.)

  • Algeria (28th August 1973)

  • Andorra (27th September 1957)

  • Argentina

  • Australia (including Norfolk Island)

  • Austria

  • Bahamas

  • Bangladesh

  • Barbados

  • Belgium

  • Belize

  • Benin

  • Brazil

  • Bulgaria

  • Burkina

  • Cameroon

  • Canada

  • Central African Republic

  • Chad

  • Chile

  • Colombia

  • Congo, People’s Republic of

  • Costa Rica

  • Côte d'Ivoire

  • Cuba (27th September 1957)

  • Cyprus Republic of

  • Czechoslovakia

  • Denmark (including the Faeroe Islands)

  • Dominican Republic (8th May 1983)

  • Ecuador (27th September 1957)

  • Egypt

  • El Salvador (29th March 1979)

  • Fiji

  • Finland

  • France (including all Overseas Departments and Territories)

  • Gabon

  • German Democratic Republic (and Berlin (East))

  • Germany, Federal Republic of (and Berlin (West))

  • Ghana

  • Greece

  • Guatemala (28th October 1964)

  • Guinea, Republic of

  • Haiti (27th September 1957)

  • Holy See

  • Hungary

  • Iceland

  • India

  • Ireland, Republic of

  • Israel

  • Italy

  • Japan

  • Kampuchea (27th September 1957)

  • Kenya

  • Korea, Republic of (1st October 1987)

  • Laos (27th September 1957)

  • Lebanon

  • Liberia

  • Libya

  • Liechtenstein

  • Luxembourg

  • Madagascar

  • Malawi

  • Mali

  • Malta

  • Mauritania

  • Mauritius

  • Mexico

  • Monaco

  • Morocco

  • Netherlands (including Aruba and the Netherlands Antilles)

  • New Zealand

  • Nicaragua (16th August 1961)

  • Niger

  • Nigeria

  • Norway

  • Pakistan

  • Panama (17th October 1962)

  • Paraguay (11th March 1962)

  • Peru

  • Philippines

  • Poland

  • Portugal

  • Romania

  • Rwanda

  • St. Vincent and the Grenadines

  • Senegal

  • Singapore

  • South Africa

  • Soviet Union (27th May 1973)

  • Spain

  • Sri Lanka

  • Suriname

  • Sweden

  • Switzerland

  • Taiwan, territory of (10th July 1985)

  • Thailand

  • Togo

  • Trinidad and Tobago

  • Tunisia

  • Turkey

  • United States of America (including Puerto Rico and all territories and possessions)

  • Uruguay

  • Venezuela

  • Yugoslavia

  • Zaire

  • Zambia

  • Zimbabwe