Estados Unidos de América

Bahrein, Reino de

Derecho de autor y derechos conexos

7. Article 14.2 of the TRIPS Agreement provides that producers of phonograms are to enjoy the right to authorise or prohibit the direct or indirect reproduction of their phonograms. Article 14.2 requires that producers of phonograms are to have the right to authorise or prohibit the commercial rental to the public of originals or copies of their phonograms. Please describe how the copyright law of Bahrain implements these obligations and indicate the term of protection.

Article 17 of the draft Law on Copyright and Neighbouring Rights provides that producers of phonograms enjoy the following exclusive rights: a) Prevent any exploitation of their recordings in any manner, without prior written authorisation, directly or indirectly, including in particular; reproduction, renting, lending, broadcasting or making available to the public through computers or the Internet or other means of technology. b) Making their recordings available to the public by wire or wireless means or through computers or any other means of technology. Article 35 of the draft Law on Copyright and Neighbouring Rights provides that the protection shall last until the end of a period of 50 years computed from the first day of the Gregorian calendar year following the year in which the publication of the phonogram was made or, in the absence of publication, the year in which the performance took place.