1) There's definitely not 179 countries recognizing US copyright. 2) The Berne convention is a farce, it doesn't define what's supposed to be enforced or how.

1) There's definitely not 179 countries recognizing US copyright. 2) The Berne convention is a farce, it doesn't define what's supposed to be enforced or how. It's up to each European country to do their own thing. You really can't say that copyright is anything settled or mutually recognized across the world. It's quite a mess and it's really complicated.