[Upd-discuss] #2 Copyright Brief History

[Lars Aronsson]

François Briatte wrote:
> > This has been part of the world copyright system since the
> > start of the Berne Convention in 1886
> 
> ... and the Paris convention in 1883 (industr. property)
> 
> >  following the start of The United International Bureau for the Protection
> > of
> > Intellectual Property [BIRPI] only 3 years earlier.
> 
> Incorrect. The staffs from the Paris and Berne Unions merged in 1888 (although
> they continued to publish separate activity reports). The BIRPI were
> officially created in 1892.


There should be a lot of writings from these meetings (proceedings,
comments, media coverage) that are now in the public domain. Probably
also from other initiatives and events that took places more than 70
years ago.  Is anybody digitizing or cataloging them?

On the Wikipedia page
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berne_Convention_for_the_Protection_of_Literary_and_Artistic_Works
all the external links point to WIPO's website.  Are there any 
independent sources of information that should be linked from there?


Lars Aronsson.
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