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In January 1, 1978, the Copyright Act of 1976 was enacted. This event was considered as the onset of the weak requirements of copyright protection so as to suit the system which fulfilled the international conventions standards (p. 60). This is the first move against the traditional formalism of the 188 years of the copyright law (p. 60). The Copyright Act of 1976 made copyright protection became automatic for any work of authorship put in a concrete medium such as a printed material or a computer file. It also made the registration with the Copyright Office as optional (p. 61). Registration just ...
