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1. Berne Convention

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   Historical Context and Adoption
   The Berne Convention was first adopted in Berne, Switzerland in 1886. Its genesis arose from the recognition that national copyright laws were insufficient to protect authors whose works were being reproduced across borders without consent or compensation. Prior to the Convention, an author needed to seek copyright registration separately in every country where they wished protection, a process deemed burdensome and often impossible for traveling artists and writers [^2]. The initial text aimed to create automatic protection, b…