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Supplementary Provisions, Article 7Transitional Measures for the Term of Protection

第七条(著作物の保護期間についての経過措置)

If the duration of copyright under the former Act for a work made public before this Act comes into effect is longer than the period under Chapter II, Section 4 of the new Act, prior laws continue to govern the duration of copyright for that work.

この法律の施行前に公表された著作物の著作権の存続期間については、当該著作物の旧法による著作権の存続期間が新法第二章第四節の規定による期間より長いときは、なお従前の例による。

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