7. The term of copyright in a work shall not exceed that which is enjoyed by it in its country of origin.- Explanation - In this paragraph, “the country of origin” shall mean - (a) in this case of a work first made or published in a Berne Convention Country or a Universal Copyright Convention Country, that country; (b) in the case of a work made or published simultaneously either in a Berne Convention Country or a Universal Copyright Convention Country or in a World Trade Organisation Country and in a country which is neither a Berne Convention Country nor a Universal Copyright Convention Country nor a World Trade Organisation Country, the former country; (c) in the case of a work which is made or published simultaneously in several Universal Copyright Convention Countries, the country whose laws grant the shortest term of copyright to such a work; (d) in the case of a work which is made or published simultaneously in several Universal Copyright Convention Counties, the country whose laws grant the shortest term of copyright to such a work; (e) in the case of a work which is made or published simultaneously in several World Trade Organisation Countries, the country whose laws grant the shortest term of copyright to such a work; (f) in the case of an unpublished work or a work first made or published in a country other than a Berne Convention Country or a Universal Copyright Convention Country or a World Trade Organisation Country, the country of which the author was a citizen, or the country in which he was domiciled at the time of its first publication, whichever grants the longer term of copyright. |