Comment by shagie

> Copyright must be registered.

https://www.wto.org/english/docs_e/legal_e/27-trips_04_e.htm

    Members shall comply with Articles 1 through 21 of the Berne Convention (1971) and the Appendix thereto. However, Members shall not have rights or obligations under this Agreement in respect of the rights conferred under Article 6bis of that Convention or of the rights derived therefrom.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berne_Convention

    Author's rights under the Berne Convention must be automatic; it is prohibited to require formal registration.

This would require the country to back out of the Berne Convention and TRIPS (and by implication the WTO). Protection of copyright is automatic and does not require registration.

Just because I haven't sent the latest batch of photographs to the Library of Congress for registration (so I can collect punitive damages rather than just compensatory damages) doesn't mean that the images that I have created are not copyrighted and protected.