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Greetings.

I'm currently researching an accusation that a Spanish organization has
committed plagiarism.  The party making the accusation claims an
infringement of the 1996 WIPO Copyright Treaty.  However, according to the
WIPO website at http://www.wipo.int/treaties/en/documents/pdf/s-wct.pdf,
Spain is not a contracting party to this treaty as of 4 November 2003.  In
fact, no member of the EU is among the signatories.

Can I take this as proof that this particular infringement claim is just a
baseless threat?  Or is it possible that the EU or some other political
organization of which Spain is a member has ratified the treaty on its
behalf, thus making Spain an indirect signatory?  Or perhaps Spain ratified
the treaty after 4 November, and the WIPO document is simply out of date?

Basically, I just want to know whether the 1996 WIPO Copyright Treaty has
any legal standing in Spain...

Regards,
Tristan

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