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Originally Posted by HarryT
That's the point, of course. The reason that countries sign up to the Berne Convention is that it grants reciprocal rights in all member nations. If the US were to withdraw from the treaty, they'd have to negotiate individual bilateral copyright treaties with every country in the world, which would be a nightmare.
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True enough. The US didn't sign the treaty until the movie income from outside the US started to become significant. DVD's and now digital download of movies changed the business model for Hollywood a lot.
On the flip side, I can see the US tweaking book copyright to handle orphaned works in a different manner. There seems to be enough interest building in doing so without much in the way of push back. Most likely some sort of scheme where a publisher can license a work for a percentage which would then go into a trust to be held in case someone actually shows up and claims it.