berne

The Berne Convention did away with 'formalities' like having to register your copyrights in order to hold them.

In America, and every other signatory to the Berne Convention, creators automatically own the copyright on whatever they create.

The Berne Convention established a minimum of 50 years after death and the EU harmonized to 70 years after death.

Warning: If you're in a nation that has signed the Berne Convention, everything that's copyrightable is copyrighted unless otherwise noted.

Under the Berne Convention copyright is an unregistered and automatic right - it took USA 102 years to ratify, until 1988.

I believe it's normal in all countries that are signatories to the Berne Convention, which is...

It would be a shame if a young entrepreneur thought their trademark was protected by the Berne convention and someone came and took it.

If the Berne Convention were simply amended to make copyright terms perpetual worldwide, I'd respect the process a bit more.

Having a date and copyright symbol isn't required by the Berne convention, however it can impact the size of damages awarded in a copyright infringement case.

Russia agreed[1] to Berne protection for 1973 and later work.

In terms of Berne Art.3 with regard to the nature of games they don't meet with the reasonable requirements of the public either, eg continued playability.

Or in any country that's signed the Berne Convention.

There is a popular psychology book, “Games People Play” by Eric Berne that shows and explains many of those game mechanics.

A book like "Games People Play" (Eric Berne) may help with this.

I can recommend Eric Berne's book "Games People Play", which covers transational analysis and shows how it builds up into lifestyle 'games' such as alcoholism, dysfunctional relationships, etc.

Perhaps I am one of the "bamboozled" mentioned in [1], as I tend to assume that the default copyright of works, in accordance with the Berne convention[2], do not yield the right to make and distribute copies nor derivative works.

Calero) - Games People Play (Eric Berne) - What Every Body is Saying (Joe Nevarro, Marvin Karlins) - Conversationally Speaking (Alan Garner) These books provide a great foundation for anyone who needs to deal with people on a daily basis (ie.