Talk:Berne Convention

message: I've just switched the "nicknames" around, as it's universally known as the Berne Convention (754,000 Google hits when coupled with the word copyright) and is only very rarely (seems to be by some U.S. authorities only) referred to as the Berne Union (646 Google hits, once you have removed references to the Swiss credit institution called Berne Union and the US school district with the same name). Thomas Blomberg 10:41, 24 February 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Berne Union is a very rarely used expression 

message: The article states:
:As soon as a work is "fixed", that is, written or recorded on some physical medium, its author is automatically entitled to all copyrights...
Is it worth clarifying how this applies to articles not recorded on a conventional medium, but hosted on a server and published to the internet? I presume the Berne Convention applies to such cases. --Chriswaterguy talk 22:06, 26 February 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I found World Intellectual Property Organization Copyright Treaty which addresses this, and I added a section explaining this. --Chriswaterguy talk 06:36, 27 February 2008 (UTC)
replies: text:  The United States Courts have held that the artist's rights do not protect online.  I was there and cant add this.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by CurtisNeeley (talk • contribs) 20:53, 20 February 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Works on the internet 

message: Accoarding to the map, Guyana hasn't signed up. But accoarding to the linked page of "List of parties to international copyright treaties" it signed up in 1994, which is right?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 217.33.134.118 (talk) 09:55, 17 June 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: The list is right. Tanzania was also missing on the map. I've updated the map, in a few hours, the caches should have the new version and it should show up on the page. Lupo 13:57, 17 June 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Guyana 

message: I am really suprised that an article with such detail that doesn't have a single footnoted source didn't raise immediate alarm bells with anyone else.  So low and behold the vast majority of the article (e.g. the entire "history" section which was written by Waheedan Jariwalla, a U.S. Attorney who specializes in Intellectual Property) was copied and pasted from various internet sources.  I was going to do the whole copyvio bit but I'm just far too amused by the fact that an article on the Berne Convention is in fact an uncredited rip off of someone else's work.  The irony of that is just too good to actually destroy it.  Anyone who has read this article either doesn't care about such things or is too dumb to see the obvious telltale signs that the entire thing is a mere copy and paste job, so me pointing it out won't do anything.  I just wanted to point out the amusing irony.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.228.201.242 (talk) 05:53, 25 October 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Seriously, the Article on the Berne Convention is Plagiarized? 

message: The infobox is currently headed with "Maritime Labour Convention".  This can't be right. Eclecticology (talk) 18:14, 22 May 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: Nope.  Fixed.  Thanks for catching it. TJRC (talk) 22:01, 22 May 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Maritime Labour Convention 

message: I think the lede should say something about what relevance this old convention has today. Is the Berne Convention the basis for copyright policy today, or is it superceded? I am not sure what to say.  Blue Rasberry (talk) 15:10, 5 October 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Clarify lede

message: I believe the statement referring to the ucc as nearly obsolete is inaccurate. after all the Berne convention des not apply to works conceived prior to the passing of the convention in a said country, does it?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 213.226.141.108 (talk) 09:04, 9 March 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Obsolete" 

message: "it introduced the concept that a copyright exists the moment a work is "fixed""
does fixed mean created? can a more intuitive term be used instead please? can there be a more layman-ish explanation that's easier to understand? the text is very heavy to read
does it mean that once I create my work, it is automatically copyrighted and that I'm protected without doing anything? does it only protect physical work or is digital media also protected?
--2A02:2F02:4F:FFFF:0:0:6460:D9 (talk) 19:41, 1 October 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: This means when it has a tangible medium, such as a hand-drawn picture on a paper. Kadmos1 (talk) 02:52, 2 October 2017 (UTC)

text: The article says: 'As soon as a work is "fixed", that is, written or recorded on some physical medium, its author is automatically entitled to all copyrights in the work..." I think that's pretty clear. Can you explain what's not clear about it? We don't want to avoid usage of the word "fixed," because that's the actual term used, but if you think the explanation is unclear, we can adjust it. TJRC (talk) 03:37, 2 October 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  What does fixed mean? I don't understand anything from the article 

message: The article does not mention that when applying the Berne Convention to a dispute, it is important to determine which version was signed by a country and ratified as national law. As with most international treaties, when the text is modified the current signatories do not automatically become signatories to the new text. For example, if a country signed the 1928 version of the BC and then later signed the 1967 version, that last one of 1967 is applicable law and not the newer 1971 version. RISadler (talk) 12:16, 19 March 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Which version was signed is important. 

message: Looking for any and all information of a painter signed all his work with   C  Costas. I have a piece that came to Canada from England with the Trouton family. Jamie Trouton I have learned is a well known Canadian Kayak racer/champion. Adopted son Graham lives in Quesnel b.c.  any info on this artist would be welcome. Thank you. 50.69.164.150 (talk) 08:30, 24 March 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Painters 

message: Has Iran become a member of the Bern Convention regarding the issue of copyright? Has it signed the Bern Treaty? Or is only the Iran Export Guarantee Fund a member of this convention? 5.209.103.43 (talk) 09:07, 7 November 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  copyright