The ASMP guide only covers U.S. copyright law and U.S. copyright process. It dos not accurately reflect the situation in civil law jurisdictions, which is the system of law in the whole of Europe except the U.K. I haven't looked into it myself, but a common example of the differences is that commercial photography of the Eiffel Tower at night, if done without permission, violates copyright.
One of the important U.S. copyright defences is Fair Use. Canada and the U.K. have a concept called Fair Dealing which is analogous, but Fair Dealing is not identical to Fair Use and the Canadian and U.K. rules on Fair Dealing are not themselves identical. I don't know what the situation is on this question in Australia and New Zealand.
It is simply not the case that the U.S. creates copyright law for the entire world. Other countries have their own national legislatures and their own ideas on copyright protection. This is why Hollywood and other U.S. entertainment industry interests, which have the U.S. Congress in their pocket, are constantly complaining about copyright protection elsewhere.
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