Copyright laws across countries

Most developed nations have powerful and lucrative entertainment, educational, and research industries that export copyrighted works, and thus benefit from strong copyright law.
Developing countries, on the other hand, typically import copyrighted works.

None of the six treaties pertaining to copyright law contains a comprehensive set of rules or standards for a copyright system.
Rather, each one requires member countries to deal with particular issues in particular ways, but leaves to the member countries considerable discretion in implementing its requirements.

File sharing by country (4 P) Copyright law in Europe (3 C, 2 P) A Australian copyright law (1 C, 12 P) Azerbaijan copyright law (2 P) C Canadian copyright law (2 C, 31 P) F French copyright law (11 P) G German copyright law (5 P) J Japanese copyright law (8 P) M Malaysian copyright law (2 P) Moldovan copyright law (1 P) N .

International copyright conventions and treaties have been developed to establish obligations for treaty member countries to adhere to, and implement in their national laws, thus providing more certainty and understanding about the levels of copyright protection in particular countries.