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For those who have neglected to actually look it up, here it is: The text of the Berne Convention, the basis for the reason corporate giants go to WIPO rather than wasting their time in the U.S. legislature.
BERNE CONVENTION FOR THE PROTECTION OF LITERARY AND ARTISTIC WORKS (Paris Text 1971)
http://www.law.cornell.edu/treaties/berne/overview.html
From the Alliance for Taxpayer Access site:
"In December 2008, Representative Berman, Chairman of the House Subcommittee on the Courts, Intellectual Property and the Internet requested written follow up to Heather Joseph's testimony at the September 11 hearing described below. The Chairman posed four questions, which SPARC addressed in detail in its response [PDF]. "
http://www.taxpayeraccess.org/nih/berman_response_08-1201.pdf