WIPO’s Beijing Treaty Enters into Force: Begins Helping Actors and other Performers
WIPO’s Beijing Treaty Enters into Force: Begins Helping Actors and other Performers Geneva, April 28, 2020 PR/2020/852 The Beijing Treaty on Audiovisual Performances has officially entered into force and can from today begin improving earning conditions for actors and other audiovisual performers – a development with added importance amid the negative impact on cultural production by the economic fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic. “Many of the actors and other performers in our beloved series and movies are essentially gig workers, without…
