| 1838 | Great Britain |
| 1876 | The Berlin Convention |
| 1885-7 | The Berne Union, an international convention; |
| 1891 | U. S. A.'s Chace Act offered protection to qualified foreign, non- resident authors; |
| 1928 | The Rome Revision included 16 nations, among whom were Canada and Great Britain. |
| 1948 | The Brussels Revision was subscribed to by 45 countries; in consequence, Britain altered its own legislation in 1956 to comply. |
| 1967 | The Stockholm Revision resulted in 34 countries' establishing The World Intellectual Property Organization. |
| 1971 | The Paris Revision included 59 countries and constituted The Universal Copyright Convention. |
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Created 5 January 2001
Last modified 27 December 2023