Re: Chinese copyright (fwd)

>From Circular 38a, International Copyright Relations of the United States, published by the U. S. Copyright Office:

"Bilateral copyright relations between the People's Republic of China and the United States of America were established, effective March 17, 1992, by a Presidential Proclamation of the same date, under the authority of section 104 of title 17 of the United States Code, as amended by the Act of October 31, 1988 (Public Law 100-568, 102 Stat. 2853, 2855)."

*Richard Alan Anderson, Senior Information Specialist*
*U. S. Copyright Office                              *
*Washington, DC  20559                               *
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On Mon, 28 Nov 1994, GEORGIA HARPER wrote, in part:
>
> If one wants to create here in the US a translation of a book that was
> originally created in China (People's Republic), assuming that the book
> is "protected" in China, what exactly does it mean that we have no
> bilateral treaty with China (that China recognizes), China's not a
> member of Berne, and in fact is on our list of countries that are
> really bad about protecting intellectual property rights (Omnibus Trade
> and Competitiveness Act 1988 - "priority foreign countries")?
Received on Wed Nov 30 1994 - 12:15:51 GMT