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Originally Posted by HarryT
Unlikely. Changes to the International Berne Copyright Convention (and such changes would be required for the purposes you describe) require the agreement of all signatories and generally take a very long time indeed to go through.
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No. There will be no changes to Berne Convention. What would need to be changed is WIPO Copyright Treaty.
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The WIPO Copyright Treaty (WCT) is a relatively new copyright treaty. Although concluded in 1996, the WCT came into force in 2002. The WCT updates and supplements the Berne Convention and addresses changes in the digital world including the distribution of digital works over the internet that are not adequately addressed by the Berne Convention. The WCT updates the Berne Convention without amending Berne or replacing Berne. Any state that adheres to the WCT must comply with the substantive provisions of the 1971 (Paris) Act of the Berne Convention, even if it is not bound by the Berne Convention.
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http://www.wipo.int/treaties/en/ip/wct/index.html
Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works was last amended in 1979.
http://www.wipo.int/treaties/en/ip/b...ocs_wo001.html
ETA:And then of course you have new treaties like
Marrakesh Treaty to Facilitate Access to Published Works for Persons who are Blind, Visually Impaired, or otherwise Print Disabled
http://www.wipo.int/meetings/en/doc_...?doc_id=241683
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