Well, the music industry wanted copyright with "no formalities", and that's in the TRIPS agreement. No more need to put a copyright notice on something, or send a copy to the Library of Congress.
The US abolished the notice and deposit requirements via the Berne Implementation Act of 1988, almost a decade before TRIPS.
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The US abolished the notice and deposit requirements via the Berne Implementation Act of 1988, almost a decade before TRIPS.
True, but then it went worldwide, and nobody kept records any more.