Bilateral copyright agreements of the United States

Bilateral copyright agreements of the United States are agreements between the United States and another country which allow U.S. authors to claim copyright protection in the other country and authors from that country to claim protection under United States copyright law. The agreements can take one of two forms with respect to the United States: An exchange of notes, which is given effect in U.S. law by a presidential proclamation under International Copyright Act of 1891 (March 3, 1891, 26 Stat.

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