États-Unis d'Amérique

Fédération de Russie

Droit d'auteur et droits connexes

Follow-Up to Question 18: We would like to confirm our understanding. For audiovisual works created after August 2, 1993, the term of protection is 70 years following the death of the last surviving author (counting from January 1 of the year following the year of her death), and for audiovisual works created before August 3, 1993, the term of protection is 70 years after the date of publication.

In accordance with paragraph 2 of Article 1263 of the CC RF the authors of an audiovisual work are: 1) the director; 2) the author of the script; 3) the composer being the author of a musical work specifically created for the audiovisual work. Taking to account this provision, if an audiovisual work is created after August 2, 1993 the term of its protection is 70 years following the 1 January of the year following the year of death of the last surviving author At the same time, if an audiovisual work created after 2 August 1993 was published after the death of author (authors), the exclusive right to such work shall be effective during the course of 70 years after the work was made public, counting from 1 January of the year following the year of its publication, provided that the work was made public within the course of 70 years after the death of the author (paragraph 3 of Article 1281 of the CC RF). Regarding the works created before 3 August 1993 the term of protection is 70 years from the date of its legal publication, and 70 years from the date of its creation if it was not published.