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All rights reserved was a formal notice that all rights granted under existing copyright law (ie. the right to publish a work within a specific area) are retained by the copyright holder and that legal action may be taken against infringement. It was required as a result of the Buenos Aires Convention of 1910 which mandated that a statement of reservation of rights be made in order to secure protection in signatory countries of the convention.
This notice is essentially obsolete as every country that was a member of the Buenos Aires Convention is also a member of the Berne Convention which requires protection be granted without the formality of notice of copyright.
See also
- Creative Commons, which uses Some rights reserved