Uruguay joined a major 1919 treaty that helped shape international copyright laws
Uruguay's 1919 decision to join the Buenos Aires Convention helped solidify a pan-American alliance that protected the creative rights of authors and artists across the Western Hemisphere.
When Uruguay became a signatory to the Buenos Aires Convention in 1919, it joined a vital movement to standardize intellectual property across the Americas. Before these agreements, a book published in Montevideo could be pirated in New York or Buenos Aires without any legal recourse for the author.
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