copyright filing in other countries

I work for a nonprofit educational organization that publishes textbooks and other material for the insurance and risk management business. As we get more and more into translations of our materials into other languages in other countries (usually at the behest of insurance organizations in those countries), I need to know more about copyright considerations for these situations. For example, if a translator in another country translates one of our books (and we retain the copyright), should we register a copyright in that country? I know this might vary from country to country, but I have no authority right now to search. Does Berne preclude that filing? I need not so much advice from the list, but some pointers toward some very good basic publications that my library might order to help me figure out what I need to do. We have a general insurance library, and I am trying to avoid buying a very expensive treatise or looseleaf service. (We do not have a law library.) Any advice?

Karen Porter
<porterk[_at_]cpcuiia.org> Received on Wed Feb 23 2000 - 14:33:37 GMT