{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/copyright-application-to-other-countries-order-1989/schedule-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/copyright-application-to-other-countries-order-1989/schedule-1.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1989/988",
  "legislation_title": "The Copyright (Application to Other Countries) Order 1989",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/copyright-application-to-other-countries-order-1989",
  "path": "schedule/1",
  "kind": "schedule",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "COUNTRIES ENJOYING PROTECTION IN RESPECT OF ALL WORKS EXCEPT BROADCASTS AND CABLE PROGRAMMES",
  "text": "(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.)\nAlgeria (28th August 1973)\nAndorra (27th September 1957)\nArgentina\nAustralia (including Norfolk Island)\nAustria\nBahamas\nBangladesh\nBarbados\nBelgium\nBelize\nBenin\nBrazil\nBulgaria\nBurkina\nCameroon\nCanada\nCentral African Republic\nChad\nChile\nColombia\nCongo, People’s Republic of\nCosta Rica\nCôte d'Ivoire\nCuba (27th September 1957)\nCyprus Republic of\nCzechoslovakia\nDenmark (including the Faeroe Islands)\nDominican Republic (8th May 1983)\nEcuador (27th September 1957)\nEgypt\nEl Salvador (29th March 1979)\nFiji\nFinland\nFrance (including all Overseas Departments and Territories)\nGabon\nGerman Democratic Republic (and Berlin (East))\nGermany, Federal Republic of (and Berlin (West))\nGhana\nGreece\nGuatemala (28th October 1964)\nGuinea, Republic of\nHaiti (27th September 1957)\nHoly See\nHungary\nIceland\nIndia\nIreland, Republic of\nIsrael\nItaly\nJapan\nKampuchea (27th September 1957)\nKenya\nKorea, Republic of (1st October 1987)\nLaos (27th September 1957)\nLebanon\nLiberia\nLibya\nLiechtenstein\nLuxembourg\nMadagascar\nMalawi\nMali\nMalta\nMauritania\nMauritius\nMexico\nMonaco\nMorocco\nNetherlands (including Aruba and the Netherlands Antilles)\nNew Zealand\nNicaragua (16th August 1961)\nNiger\nNigeria\nNorway\nPakistan\nPanama (17th October 1962)\nParaguay (11th March 1962)\nPeru\nPhilippines\nPoland\nPortugal\nRomania\nRwanda\nSt. Vincent and the Grenadines\nSenegal\nSingapore\nSouth Africa\nSoviet Union (27th May 1973)\nSpain\nSri Lanka\nSuriname\nSweden\nSwitzerland\nTaiwan, territory of (10th July 1985)\nThailand\nTogo\nTrinidad and Tobago\nTunisia\nTurkey\nUnited States of America (including Puerto Rico and all territories and possessions)\nUruguay\nVenezuela\nYugoslavia\nZaire\nZambia\nZimbabwe",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1989/988/schedule/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T15:43:17.628704+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}