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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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m10
11:40
@EvolBunny: Indeed! I am just riffing. Practicing for when I get into Chicago and do standup there on the weekends and get mad pussy.
11:40
You only do cardio on the weekends ;)
babycat
11:40
@m10: I have a friend that does this but he doesn’t get mad pussy
m10
11:40
I'll work that in! Sounds like a good way to segway.
m10
11:41
@babycat: yeah, well unlike 99.99% of people who do standup I will.
BulbasaurNoLikeCardio
11:41
To do stand up comedy you have to have fat balls, that is awesome
m10
11:41
Woah, I got little balls. Like Adam Friedland. I ain't no Stavros.
what are we hoping for today?
m10
11:44
Nothing. No news is good news for me.
11:44
Crickets coming from my status update
babycat
11:45
dk are we gonna go to a homoerotic law school together?
11:45
@m10: at undergrad froshers: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6YEarMyIAzs
m10
11:46
@EvolBunny: God damn, classic Randy.
babycat
11:48
Going to law school with you is even more fun than going to San Sebastian, Irún, Hendaye, Biarritz, Bayonne or being sick to my stomach on the Travesera de Gracia in Barcelona partly because in your orange shirt you look like a better happier St. Sebastian partly because of my love for you, partly because of your love for yoghurt partly because of the fluorescent orange tulips around the birches partly because of the secrecy our smiles take on before people and statuary
m10
11:49
Man, there is this girl I visit every month at this one restaurant who I used to go skinny dipping with naked like @ararara always talked about in San Diego. We randomly reconnected like two months ago at this place she works at and we talk a lot about John Steinbeck books. If I don't visit her this month, she might be sad. However, this is my first day not sick and I worry about getting her sick and I am broke. What should I do LSD?
m10
11:49
Thanks @babycat that means a lot!
m10
11:50
Glad we can both be content at Scalia law. One of my favorites.
you can ask her if she wants to risk getting sick
11:50
hi lsd
m10
11:50
I dont have her number or any social media. This is one of those regular kinda things in restaurant and bar culture.
11:50
berk td is unlikely so BERK MONDAY :eyes:
hi eggan :)
babycat
11:52
@m10: I’m not going to DC this isn’t going to work out
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hello info man
@m10: go see her it's worth the risk
11:55
hey wasp
babycat
11:56
hi information man
m10
11:56
Thanks wasp, I will.
11:56
hey babycat
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