The Convention was accepted by members of BIRPI, the predecessor to the modern World Intellectual Property Organisation, on 26 October 1961.

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One early example is the World Intellectual Property Organisation's copyright treaty of 1996, which strengthened international copyright rules.

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The draft treaty was drawn up by the World Blind Union and formally tabled at the World Intellectual Property Organisation meeting in 2009.

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The treaty was adopted at the World Intellectual Property Organisation's (WIPO) Diplomatic Conference on the Protection of Audiovisual Performances, which concluded in Beijing on Tuesday.

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