Member States shall provide authors with the exclusive right to authorise or prohibit any communication or reproduction to the public of their works.The Law is implementing Directive 2001/29/EC on the harmonisation of certain aspects of copyright and related rights in the information society, article 2.Latvia is a party to the Berne Convention and the Paris Act since August 11, 1995. Latvia ratified the WIPO Copyright Treaty and the WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty on March 22, 2000.As a member of the WTO, Latvia is also a party to the TRIPS Agreement.  Latvia has not notified any derogations under the WPPT or the WCT, see:  http://www.wipo.int/treaties/en/notifications/wppt/treaty_wppt_32.html