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Berne Copyright Convention

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A quick definition of Berne Copyright Convention:

The Berne Copyright Convention is an international agreement that says if someone creates something in one country, it will be protected in other countries without needing to do anything special. This means that if someone writes a book in France, people in the United States can't just copy it without permission. The agreement was made in 1886 and updated in 1908, and now there are rules about how long things can be protected and what counts as protected. The United States agreed to follow these rules in 1989.

A more thorough explanation:

The Berne Copyright Convention is an international treaty that provides copyright protection for works created by citizens of one signatory nation in other signatory nations without the need for local formalities. The treaty was first drafted in Berne in 1886 and revised in Berlin in 1908. It is now administered by the World Intellectual Property Organization and sets minimum levels and terms of copyright protection.

For example, if a French author writes a book, it will be protected under copyright law in the United States without the need for the author to register the copyright in the US. This is because both France and the US are signatories to the Berne Convention.

The United States ratified the Berne Convention in 1989 and made changes to its copyright law to comply with the treaty's terms. This means that foreign authors are now protected under US copyright law without having to register their works in the US.

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[] AromaticTroubledDormouse
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[] AromaticTroubledDormouse
20:56
CONGRATS MACAQUE!
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got a random stanford email and almost had a heart attack
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[] baddestbunny
22:16
every time I get accosted by a strange man who follows me around because my male coworkers were too busy talking to walk me back to my car I get closer to saying we need to bring back traditional gender roles
Dkk
22:32
Nice! @Macaque
Dkk
22:32
@Aromatic, Have to guess.
Dkk
22:33
That sucks @Bunny do you have to go to the hospital?
[] baddestbunny
22:40
I said accosted not assaulted
23:35
guys. my notre dame address just went long is this good or bad
1a2b3c4d26z
23:37
Oooooo me too
23:37
omg is this good or bad
Dkk
23:47
Idk if gender roles are gunna fix that then.
23:49
it looks like most people who applied in october last cycle didn't get a decision until january... does it even mean anything that our addresses went long??
hows ED 2 compared to ED 1?
Dkk
0:10
No idea
windyMagician
0:34
reporting live to say my ndls address also went long
does it mean anything ^
Dkk
2:21
NDLS and Fordham took a very long time last year. It's good info for people to know.
[] baddestbunny
4:29
let’s get after it boys and girls
Dkk
5:21
I gtg to bed soon.
Dkk
5:22
Big day today. Gunna be a crazy one. I will sleep through the first half.
good morning lsd it is 5 am EST
also jazzy my ndls address went long ages ago i sadly do not think it means anything
my stanford address also went long LOL i think at most it's an indicator it's under review
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