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Originally Posted by HarryT
Waste of time. This would be a violation of the Berne Convention, to which the US is a signatory.
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Actually it would not be a violation when Article 7.8 is applied.
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Although the Berne Convention states that the copyright law of the country where copyright is claimed shall be applied, article 7.8 states that "unless the legislation of that country otherwise provides, the term shall not exceed the term fixed in the country of origin of the work", i.e. an author is normally not entitled a longer copyright abroad than at home, even if the laws abroad give a longer term. This is commonly known as "the rule of the shorter term".
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The US also modified another Bern requirement concerning copyright registration. The US previously required a copyright to be registered with the US copyright office, but since that is forbidden by the convention, that requirement was dropped. However, if a work is not registered with the US copyright office no statutory damages can apply to an act of infringement.
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Registration of copyright refers to the act of registering the work with the United States Copyright Office, which is an office of the Library of Congress. As the United States has joined the Berne Convention, registration is no longer necessary to provide copyright protection. However, registration is still necessary to obtain statutory damages in case of infringement."]Registration of copyright refers to the act of registering the work with the United States Copyright Office, which is an office of the Library of Congress. As the United States has joined the Berne Convention, registration is no longer necessary to provide copyright protection. However, registration is still necessary to obtain statutory damages in case of infringement.
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