l’association litteraire et artistique internationale
L’Association Litteraire et Artistique Internationale. Copyright. An organization of authors, artists, and other supporters of international copyright protection. • In 1878, the Association drafted five resolutions that would become the starting point for the Berne Convention. In 1883, the organization called the first meeting in Berne, Switzerland for the purpose of creating a union to enforce international copyrights. — Often shortened to the International Association. — Abbr. ALAI.
