That characterization of the 1976 act... let's just say, years later, person on the government side of that negotiation was still defensively apologetic, claimi

That characterization of the 1976 act... let's just say, years later, person on the government side of that negotiation was still defensively apologetic, claiming it a success... as damage control, because of all the "crazy stuff" Disney et al were pushing. Beware a concerted effort since to rewrite history as "just Berne, no biggy". Berne reflects a major defeat of a US tradition of copyright as "industrial policy for the general welfare", by a European tradition of "rights and property", and by rent seeking.