Ethiopia has a Copyright law that gives protections for copyright holders. However, as stated under Article 3 of the copyright proclamation No. 410/2004, the scope or application of the law is limited to works created in Ethiopia. It only protects works of Ethiopian nationals or those works whose creators, authors, producers, owners ... etc principally reside in Ethiopia. If a work that is created outside Ethiopia is published in Ethiopia within 30 days, it will also be protected. Otherwise, foreign right holders are not accorded any national treatment. Ethiopia is not a party to the TRIPS Agreement, WIPO Copyright Treaty, WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty.  