to provide for the adequate and effective protection of the rights of authors and other copyright proprietors in literary, scientific, and artistic materials
international guidelines for identifying materials that were subject to copyright protection were established, and those guidelines included an administrative process for redress
Theodore R. Kupferman has written: 'Universal copyright convention analyzed' -- subject(s): Copyright, International Copyright 'The family legal adviser' -- subject(s): Law, Popular works, Lending library
Per 28USC1338, district courts have original jurisdiction over copyright.
Yes the US & Germany have reciprocal copyright agreements. Additionally they are both signatories to the WIPO treaty & Berne Copyright Convention which has as a provision a promise to honor copyrights on foreign works just as if they had been created under their jurisdiction.
Universal.
Courts have universal jurisdiction.
Thorvald Solberg has written: 'Copyright bibliography' -- subject(s): Bibliography, Copyright 'Foreign Copyright Laws: A List of the Foreign Copyright Laws Now in Force ..' 'The present international copyright situation' -- subject(s): Bern copyright convention (1886), Copyright, International Copyright, Revisions, 1928, Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works 'Copyright in Congress, 1789-1904'
Modern copyright is based on the Statute of Anne, 1709, but international copyright agreements stem from the Berne Convention, 1886.
Songs of Universal.
Songs of Universal.
Yes, if you have a copyright in any country covered under a multi-lateral treaty, such as the USA under the Berne Convention, your copyright must be honored and protected by the laws of the other 160 countries under that Convention.
The copyright office in your country should make them available online. The Berne Convention is linked below.