In response to the questions under the review of legislation in the area of copyright and related rights at the Council's meeting of 22-25 July 1996, the Government of Ireland has indicated that Ireland's Copyright Acts 1963-1987 do not contain provisions as required by the TRIPS Agreement and the Berne Convention referred to in the TRIPS Agreement, including moral rights of authors, rental rights for producers of sound recordings, cinematographic works and computer programs, and that a new Copyright bill which takes account of the necessity to comply with all of Ireland's international obligations, will be submitted to the Parliamentary Draftsman (IP/Q/IRL/1).
Besides information in IP/Q/IRL/1/Corr.1, dated 21 November 1997, please indicate the current status of the amendment bill and also explain specifically how the said bill brings Ireland's Copyright Act into conformity with the TRIPS Agreement.
