Copyright Issues in Teaching with Technology

International Copyright Protection
The Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works was convened in 1886 to provide mutual recognition of copyright among nations and establish international standards for copyright protection. The treaty has been revised several times, the last in 1971. The United States became a signatory of the Berne Convention in 1988, and most countries in the world now adhere to Berne provisions. The effect of the Berne treaty is that the copyright laws of any signatory country apply within that country to the copyrighted works of an author from any other signatory country. In other words, within Japan, Japanese copyright law applies to a publication of an American author registered in the U.S.

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