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Originally Posted by pwalker8
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.
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I know your "political will" comment was in the context of orphaned works so your reply here is fair comment, but I was really responding to the wider point of geo-restrictions and the desire for "rules to stop this nonsense".