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It isn't called that way and doesn't offer the same amount of protection everywhere, but the Berne convention itself includes copyright exceptions [1] that I included in the broad “fair use” phrase.

[1] https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Convention_for_the_Protection...




Not the op, but it seems your linked bit of the BC justsays that countries are allowed to legislate exceptions. The only hardcoded exception is the short citation one.




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