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The Berne Convention, formally called the International Union for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works, is the older, and probably more important, of the two copyright conventions. The Berne Convention was concluded in 1886 and has been revised a number of times, most recently in 1971, often to reflect technological changes. As of March 14, 2001, there are 148 member countries to Berne including Canada and the United States.
The Berne Convention is administered by the World Intellectual Property Organization ("WIPO", or "OMPI" in French). WIPO is an intergovernmental organization based in Geneva, Switzerland and is one of the 16 specialized agencies of...