Does copyright protection extend internationally?
Although there is no such thing as an “international copyright” that automatically protects a work throughout the world, more than 150 countries have ratified a treaty intended to accomplish many of the benefits of “international copyright.” Generally, if a work is protected by copyright in the U.S. it is protected in most countries because the U.S. adheres to the leading copyright convention, the Berne Convention, which is administered by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO).
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