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It ensures that Computer Program s are protected as literary works in its fourth article, and that the arrangement and selection of material in Database s is protected in its fifth. It provides Author s of works with control over their rental and distribution in Articles 6 to 8 which they may not have under the Berne Convention alone. It also Prohibits Circumvention Of Technological Measures For The Protection Of Works as stated in Article 11 and unauthorised modification of rights management information contained in works in Article 12. The WIPO Copyright Treaty is implemented in United States law by the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). By Decision of 16 March 2000 , the European Council approved the treaty, on behalf of the European Community. European Union Directive s 91/250/EC creates copyright protection for software and 96/9/EC for Database protection and European Copyright Directive 2001/29/EC prohibits devices for circumventing "technical protection measures" such as Digital Rights Management largely cover the subject matter of the treaty. However, the WIPO Copyright Treaty made no reference to copyright term extension beyond the existing terms of the Berne Convention , but there was a degree of association. This was because the United States Congress passed both the Digital Millennium Copyright Act and Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act , which enacts copyright term extension during the same week and used the same method using Voice Vote to make it less likely that the news media would report on the bills, in addition, the European Union adopted Its Own Copyright Term Extension around the same time. SEE ALSO
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