The rights of a foreign author who made public his works on the territory of the Russian Federation – member of Berne Convention are protected in accordance with subpoint 1 of point 1 and subpoint 2 of Article 1256 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation (criterion of the place of promulgation of work).
The rights of authors who are citizens of other states who made public works beyond the boundaries of the territory of the Russian Federation but in country – member of Berne Convention, are protected on the territory of the Russian Federation on basis of subpoint 3 of point 1 of Article 1256 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation (international-legal criterion) in accordance with provisions of Berne Convention.
