[Wikipedia-l] little earthquakes page - song extract?!

Wed Sep 11 02:15:07 UTC 2002

> USA law is the same as European/international law since about
> 1990 when the USA adopted the Berne convention rules.
> http://www.chipdir.nl/about/ under 'Legal stuff'

That's not quite true; we signed the Berne Convention in 1989,
but since then many countries have made further changes in IP
law (such as the WIPO treaty) which the US does not participate
in.  Also, "fair use" law is is a US statute applying only in
the US.