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Originally Posted by latepaul
And it would take a lot of political will given that you're talking about international treaties.
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Not really. First off, international treaties can be renounced (not likely to happen). Second, there are many aspects of US copyright law that either do not adhere to the treaty or are not explicitly covered by the treaty( the concept of fair use for example). US copyright law is defined by the US Constitution and acts of Congress, not international treaty.
The only real issue is that there isn't any group in the US with sufficient pull who actually wants to address the issue of orphaned works.