2.13 Freedom of expression 3. The first necessity for the writers of every country is a national copyright law which has as its minimum the basic requirements of the Berne Convention. Both authors and their employers, publishers, producers and broadcasters, broadly agree on the necessity of upholding the Berne Convention, particularly in the fight against piracy.
Differences arise, however, in interpretation.
It will however become increasingly important in all the secondary uses in the digital media in order to safeguard both the authenticity of a work and its author's remuneration. Whereas Author's Right must include both an economic and a moral right, Copyright may consist as in the USA of the economic right alone. It is significant in this context that the United Kingdom only conferred a moral right on British creators under the 1988 Copyright Act. However the British law is defective in both parts and is therefore not recommended as a model for other states to adopt. Much better models may be found in, for example, Germany and France.