caa a22 4500 386329230 CHVBK 20180307111705.0 cr unu---uuuuu 161130e198905 xx s 000 0 eng 10.1017/S0922156500001102 doi S0922156500001102 pii (NATIONALLICENCE)cambridge-10.1017/S0922156500001102 How and Why the U.S. Finally Joined the Berne International Copyright Convention [Elektronische Daten] On October 31, 1988, in a ceremony at the Beverly Hilton Hotel attended by Congressmen and members of the artistic community. President Reagan signed the 1988 Berne Convention implementation Act. This Act allowed the United States to join the international Berne Convention lor the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works as of March, 1989. Although the Act somewhat expands the availability of U.S. copyright protection to European atilhors, it affects U.S. authors' rights even less, practically speaking. Perhaps that explains why only three major U.S. daily newspapers, The New York Times, The Washington Post, and Los Angeles Times, briefly mentioned this historic moment for the internal ional copyright environment. This article explores why and how the U.S. has joined the Berne Convention after more than 102 years, and the effect that this will have un the availability of U.S. copyright protection to foreign authors. Before considering the technical consequences of the Berne Convention Implementation Act, we give a brief overview of two relevant international copyright treaties and their major differences. Copyright © Foundation of the Leiden Journal of International Law 1989 van Bremen Michiel Thibodeau David J. Leiden Journal of International Law Cambridge University Press 2/1(1989-05), 83-90 0922-1565 2:1<83 1989 2 LJL https://doi.org/10.1017/S0922156500001102 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1017/S0922156500001102 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- van Bremen Michiel NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Thibodeau David J. NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Leiden Journal of International Law Cambridge University Press 2/1(1989-05), 83-90 0922-1565 2:1<83 1989 2 LJL CC0 http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0 nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-cambridge