Running Head: WRITTEN ASSIGNMENT

Writing Assignment/ Unit#4
Shannon Brown
Kaplan University

PA 328
Professor Mighdoll
April 16, 2013

The United States of America has an extensive history when dealing with the issues of copyright and what regulations or laws should protect the author. America has been deliberating the issue as early as 1787 when James Madison requested that a provision be added to the constitution that would provide protection to literary authors for a determined time (U.S. Copyright Office).
Many individuals and organizations have made a mark in the history of copyright laws and regulations but research proves that the Berne Convention is responsible for setting a standard for international copyright laws. The Berne Convention enjoyed much success by signing over a 160 participating member nations. The United States became a member of this international community in 1989 (U.S. Copyright Office). The Berne Convention is an international agreement intended to protect its member’s against copyright infringement and also to allow protections for as long as 70 years after the death of the author, provided the works have been viewed (U.S. Copyright Office). The Berne Convention is a treaty whose members believe that intellectual property is important and should be held to some degree of copyright protection (eBook Chp.16 2012).
The Universal Copyright Convention (UCC) was another organization that worked to protect the intellectual property of internationals but adhered to a different believe system about the issue of intellectual property laws or rights. The Universal Copyright Convention (UCC) also had an influence in the copyright community but because of the majority alliance to the Berne Convention its purpose was soon dissolved.
The most noticeable contrast I could find with an international country was that of