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What copyright protection looks like across borders
There is no such thing as international copyright law, given that there is no such thing as an international legislative body to establish it.
There are such things as international copyright treaties that apply to the countries that sign them. WIPO (World Intellectual Property Organization) is at the center of numerous of them.
One of the most important of these treaties is the Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works (“Berne”). The U.S. is one of 168 national signatories (members) of Berne, representing the majority of the developed world.
Here are the three main principles of Berne.
Read more Summary of the Berne Convention
MLA Style (Modern Language Association, 8th ed.)
Example “Public Domain.” The Copyright Desk. Arcadia University, 2020, https://www.arcadia.edu/landman-library/services/copyright/public-domain. Accessed 1 Sept. 2020.
Learn more Purdue Online Writing Lab [OWL]. MLA Works Cited: Electronic Sources (Web Publications). Purdue University.
APA Style (American Psychological Association, 7th ed.)
Example The Copyright Desk. (2020). Public Domain. Arcadia University. Retrieved September 1, 2020, from https://www.arcadia.edu/landman-library/services/copyright/public-domain
Learn more Purdue Online Writing Lab [OWL]. Reference List: Electronic Sources [APA]. Purdue University.
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