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Article 3--Notion and Place of Publication

Amend paragraph (1) to read as follows:

(1) When literary or artistic works are made available to the public by wire or wireless means with the consent of their authors in such a way that members of the public may access these works from a place and at a time individually chosen by them, so that copies of these works are available, Contracting Parties shall, under the conditions specified in Article 3(3) of the Berne Convention, consider such works to be published works, for purposes of applying the provisions of the Berne Convention.

Article 9--Rental Right

Amend paragraph (2) to read as follows:

(2) Except in the case of computer programs, collections of data or other material in machine-readable form subject to protection under Article 5 of this treaty, and musical works embodied in phonograms, specific types of works may be excepted from the provisions of paragraph (1) unless the rental of such works has led to widespread copying that materially impairs the exclusive right of reproduction.

Article 12--Exceptions and Limitations

Amend paragraphs (1) and (2) to read as follows:

(1) Contracting Parties may, in their national legislation, provide for limitations of or exceptions to the rights granted to authors of literary and artistic works under this Treaty only in certain special cases that do not conflict with the a normal exploitation of the work and do not unreasonably prejudice the legitimate interests of the author.

(2) Contracting Parties shall, when applying the Berne Convention, confine any limitations of or exceptions to rights provided for therein to certain special cases which do not conflict with the a normal exploitation of the work and do not unreasonably prejudice the legitimate interests of the author.