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Originally Posted by HarryT
No, I'm saying no such thing. In any country that is a signatory of the Berne Copyright convention, copyright comes into being the instant the work is created. No "registration" or "announcement" is required. It just exists as an inherent right of the author.
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While it is true that you don't have to register for the copyright to exist in the US, it's not because they are a signatory of the Berne Copyright convention, but rather because the enabling legislation says it's so. There are actually differences between the US implementation of copyright law verse the rest of the world, fair use being the major difference. Until the enabling legislation is passed by Congress and signed into law by the President, a treaty does not override US law, even if the treaty is approved by the Senate.