THE INTERNATIONAL COPYRIGHT ORDER, 1999 [S.O.228(E), dated 24th March 1999, published in the Gazette of India, Extra Pt II, Sec. 3 (i), dated 6th April 1999] S.O. 228(E)- In exercise of the powers conferred by section 40 of the Copyright Act, 1957 (14 of 1957) and in supersession of the International Copyright Order, 1991, the Central Government hereby makes the following Order, namely:-
1. (1) This Order may be called the International Copyright Order, 1999.
(2) It shall come into force on the date of its publication in the Official Gazette.
2. In this Order, unless the context otherwise requires:-
(a) "Berne Convention Country" means a country which is a member of the Berne Copyright Union, and includes a country mentioned either in Part I or in Part II of the Schedule;
(b) "Phonogram" means an exclusively aural fixation of a performance or other sounds;
(c) "Phonograms Convention Country" means a country which has either ratified, or accepted, or acceded to the Convention for the Protection of Producers of Phonograms against Unauthorised Duplication of their Phonograms, done at Geneva on the Twenty ninth day of October, one; thousand nine hundred and seventy-one, and includes a country mentioned in Part V of the Schedule;
(d) "Schedule" means the Schedule appended to this Order.
(e) "Universal Copyright Convention Country" means a country which has either ratified, or accepted, or acceded to the Universal Copyright Convention, and includes a country mentioned either in Part III or in Part IV of the Schedule.
(f) "World Trade Organisation Country" means a country which is a member of the World Trade Organisation and which has either ratified, or accepted, or acceded to the Agreement on Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Right, 1994 and includes a country mentioned in Part VI of the Schedule.
3. Subject to the provisions of paragraphs 4,5 and 6, all the provisions of the Copyright Act, 1957 (14 of 1957), (hereafter referred to as the Act), except those in Chapter VIII, and those other provisions which apply exclusively to Indian works, shall apply :-
(a) to any work first made or published in a country mentioned in Part I, II, III, IV or VI of the Schedule, in like manner as if it was first published in India; http://www.indiaip.com/india/copyrights/acts/act1957/chap9.htm#40 http://www.indiaip.com/india/copyrights/acts/act1957/act1957.htm http://www.indiaip.com/india/copyrights/acts/act1957/act1957.htm
(b) to any work first made or published in a country other than a country mentioned in Part I, II, III, IV or VI of the Schedule, the author of which was, at the date of such publication, or, where the author was dead on that date, he was at the time of his death, a national of a country mentioned in Part I, II, 111, IV and VI of the Schedule, in like manner, as if the author was a citizen of Indian at that point of time;
(c) to an unpublished work, the author whereof was, at the time of the making or publication of the work, a national or domiciled in any country mentioned in Part I, II, 111, IV and VI of the Schedule, in like manner, as if the author was a citizen of, domiciled in, India;
(d) to any work first made or published by a body corporate incorporated under any law of a country mentioned in Part I, II, 111, IV or Part VI of the Schedule, in like manner, as if it was incorporated under a law in force in India; and
(e) to a sound recording first made, the producer of which was, at the date of such production, a national of a country mentioned in Part V or Part VI of the Schedule or a body corporate incorporated under a law in force in such a country, in like manner as if the producer was the citizen of India or a body corporate incorporated under a law in force in India, as the case may be, at that point of time.
4. Notwithstanding anything contained in paragraph 3, the provisions of Chapter VIII of the Act shall apply to a Broadcasting Organisation and a Performer in a World Trade Organisation Country mentioned in Part VI of the Schedule.
5. Notwithstanding anything contained in clause (a) of paragraph 3 and paragraph 4 of the provisions of sub-section (1) of section 32 of the Act-
(i) shall not apply to a work first made or published in any Berne Convention Country mentioned in Part I and Part II of the Schedule.
(ii) shall not apply to a work first made or published in any World Trade Organisation Country mentioned in Part VI of the Schedule.
(iii) shall apply to a work first made or published in any Universal Copyright Convention Country mentioned in Part III or Part IV of the Schedule. Only in respect of the translation of such work into any language specified in the Eighth Schedule to the Constitution of India.
6. The provisions of section 32 (excluding its sub section (1) 32A and 32B shall apply to a work first made or published in a Berne Convention Country mentioned in Part I of the Schedule or in a Universal Copyright Convention Country mentioned in Part III of the Schedule or in a World Trade Organisation Country mentioned in Part VI of the Schedule.
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 the case of a work first made or published in a Berne Convention Country or in a Universal Copyright Convention Country or a World Trade Organisation 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 World Trade Organisation Country, the former country.
(c) in the case of a work which is made or published simultaneously in several Berne 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 Countries, 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 Berme 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.
SCHEDULE
PART - I BERNE CONVENTION COUNTRIES WHICH HAVE RATIFIED/ACCEPTED/ ACCEDED TO THE 1971 TEXT OF THE CONVENTION [See Paragraph 2(a)]
1. Albania 71. Kyrgyzstan
2. Algeria 72. Latavia
3. Antigua and Barbuda
4. Argentina
73. Lesotho
74. Liberia
5. Armenia
6. Australia
75. Libiyan Arab Jamahiriya
76. Liechtenstein
7. Austria
8. Azerbaijan
77. Lithuania
78. Luxumberg
9. Bahamas 79. Malawi
10. Bahrain
11. Bangladesh
80. Malaysia
81. Mali
12. Barbados 82. Malta
13. Belarus
14. Belgium
15. Belize
83. Mauritania
84. Mauritius
85. Mexico
16. Benin 86. Monaco
17. Bolivia 87. Mongolia
18. Bosnia & Herzegovina 88. Morocco
19. Botswana 89. Namibia
20. Brazil 90. Netherlands
21. Bulgaria 91. Niger
22. Burkina Faso 92. Nigeria
23. Cameroon 93. Norway
24. Canada 94. Oman
25. Cape Verde 95. Panama
26. Central African Republic 96. Paraguay
27. Chile 97. Peru
28. China 98. Philippines
29. Colombia 99. Poland
30. Congo 100. Portugal
31. Costa Rica 101. Qatar
32. Cote d'lvoire 102. Republic of Korea
33. Croatia 103. Republic of Moldova
34. Cuba 104. Panama
35. Cyprus 105. Russian Federation
36. Czech Republic 106. Rwanda
37. Democratic Republic of the Congo 107. Saint Kitts & Nevis
38. Denmark
39. Domonica
108. Saint Lucia
109. Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
40. Dominican Republic 110. Senegal
41. Ecuador 111. Singapore
42. Egypt 112. Slovakia
43. El Salvador 113. Slovenia
44. Equatorial Guinea 114. South Africa
45. Estonia 115. Spain
46. Finland 116. Sri Lanka
47. France 117. Surinam
48. Gabon 118. Swaziland
49. Gambia 119. Sweden
50. Georgia 120. Switzerland
51. Germany 121. Tajikstan
52. Ghana 122. Thailand
53. Greece
54. Grenada
123. The Former Yugoslavia Republic of Macedonia
55. Guatemala 124. Togo
56. Guinea 125. Trinidad and Tobago
57. Guinea-Bissau 126. Tunisia
58. Guyana 127. Turkey
59. Haiti 128. Ukraine
60. Holy See 129. United Kingdom
61. Honduras 130. United Republic of Tanzania
62. Hungary 131. United States of America
63. Iceland 132. Uruguay
64. Indonesia 133. Venezuela
65. Italy 134. Yugoslavia 66, Jamaica 135. Zambia
67. Japan
68. Jordan
69. Kazakhstan
136. Zimbabwe
70. Kenya
PART-II BERNE CONVENTION COUNTRIES WHICH ARE YET TO RATIFY/ ACCEPT/ ACCEDE TO THE 1971 TEXT OF CONVENTION [See Paragraph 2(a)]
1. Chad 6. Madagascar
2. Fiji 7. New Zealand
3. Ireland 8. Pakistan
4. Israel
5. Lebanon
PART-III UNIVERSAL COPYRIGHT CONVENTION COUNTRIES WHICH HAVE RATIFIED/ ACCEPTED/ACCEDED TO THE 1971 TEXT OF THE CONVENTION [See Paragraph 2(e)]
1. Algeria 30. Kenya
2. Australia 31. Mexico
3. Austria 32. Monaco
4. Bahamas 33. Morocco
5. Bangladesh 34. Netherlands
6. Barbados 35. Niger
7. Bolivia 36. Norway
8. Bosnia & Herzegovina 37. Panama
9. Brazil 38. Peru
10. Bulgaria 39. Poland
11. Cameroon 40. Portugal
12. China 41. Republic of Korea
13. Colombia 42. Russian Federation
14. Costa Rica 43. Rwanda
15. Croata 44. Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
16. Cyprus 45. saudi Arabia
17. Czech Republic 46. Senegal
18. Denmark 47. Slovakia
19. Dominican Republic 48. Slovenia
20. Ecudor 49. Spain
21. El Salvador 50. Sri Lanka
22. Finland 51. Sweden
23. France 52. Switzerland
24. Germany 53. Trinidad and Tobago
25. Guinea 54. Tunisia
26. Holy See 55. United Kingdom
27. Hungary 56. United States of America
28. Italy 57. Uruguay
29. Japan 58. Yugoslavia
PART-IV UNIVERSAL COPYRIGHT CONVENTION COUNTRIES WHICH ARE YET TO RATIFY/ ACCEPT/ACCEDE TO THE 1971 TEXT OF THE CONVENTION [See Paragraph 2(e)]
1. Andorra 19. Lao People's Democratic Republic
2. Argentina 20. Lebanon
3. Belarus 21. Liberia
4. Belgium 22. Liechtenstein
5. Belize 23. Luxembourg
6. Cambodia 24. Malawi
7. Canada 25. Malta
8. Chile 26. Mauritius
9. Cuba 27. New Zealand
10. Fiji 28. Nicaragua
11. Ghana 29. Nigeria
12. Greece 30. Pakistan
13. Guatemala 31. Paraguay
14. Haiti 32. Phillippines
15. Iceland 33. Tajikistan
16. Ireland 34. Ukraine
17. Israel 35. Venezuela
18. Kazakhistan 36. Zambia
PART-V PHONOGRAMS CONVENTION COUNTRIES [See Paragraph 2(c)]
1. Argentina 30. Israel
2. Australia 31. Italy
3. Austria 32. Jamaica
4. Barbados 33. Japan
5. Brazil 34. Kenya
6. Bulgaria 35. Latvia
36. Liechenstein
37. Lithuania
7. Burkina Faso 38. Luxembourg
8. Chile 39. Mexico
9. China 40. Monaco
10. Colombia 41. Netherlands
11. Costa Rica 42. New Zealand
12. Cyprus
13. Croatia
43. Norway
14. Czech Republic 44. Panama
15. Democratic Republic of the Congo 45. Paraguay
16. Denmark 46. Peru
17. Ecuador 47. Republic of Korea
48. Republic of Maoldova
49. Romania
18. Egypt 50. Russian Federation
51. Slovakia 19. El Salvador
20. Estonia
52. Slovenia
21. Fiji 53. Spain
22. Finland 54.. Sweden
23. France 55. Switzerland
24. Germany 56. The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
25. Greece 57. Trinidad and Tobago
26. Guatemala 58. Ukraine
59.. United Kingdom
27. Holy See 60. United States of America
28. Honduras 61. Uruguay
29. Hungary 62. Venezuela
PART-VI THE WORLD TRADE ORGANISATION COUNTRIES [See Paragraph 2(1)]
1. Albania
2. Angola
71. Kyrgye Republic
72. Latavia
73. Lesotho
3. Antigua and Barbuda 68. Liechtenstein
4. Argentina 69. Luxembourg
5. Australia 70. Macau, China
6. Austria 71. Madagascar
7. Bahrain 72. Malawi
8. Bangaladesh 73. Malaysia
9. Barbados 74. Maldives
10.Belgium 75. Mali
11. Belize 76. Malta
12. Benin 77. Mauritania
13. Bolivia 78. Mauritius
14. Botswana 79. Mexico 15: Brazil 80. Mongolia
16. Brunei Oarussalam 81. Morocco
17. Bulgaria 82. Mozambique
18. Burkina Paso 83. Myanmar
19. Burundi 84. Namibia
20. Cameroon 85. Netherlands- for the Kingdom in Europe and for the Netherlands Antilles
21. Canada 86. New Zealand
22. Central African Republic 87. Nicaragua
23. Chad 88. Niger
24. Chile 89. Nigeria
25. Colombia 90. Norway
26. Congo 91. Pakistan
27. Costa Rica 92. Panama
28. Cote d'lvoire 93. Papua New Guinea
29. Cuba 100 Paraguay
30. Cyprus 101. Peru
31. Czech Republic 102. Philippines
32. Democratic Republic of the Congo 103. Poland
33. Denmark 104. Portugal
34. Djibouti 105. Qatar
35. Dominica 106. Romania
36. Dominican Republic 107. Rwanda
37. Ecuador 108. Saint Kitts & Nevis
38. Egypt 109. Saint Lucia
39. El Salvador
40. Estonia
110. Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
41. European Community 111. Senegal
42. Fiji 112. Sierra Leone
43. Finland 113. Singapore
44. France 114. Slovak Republic
45. Gabon 115. Slovenia
46. Gambia
47. Georgia
116. Solomon Islands
48. Germany 117. South Africa
49. Ghana 118. Spain
50. Greece 119. Sri Lanka
51. Grenada 120. Suriname
52. Guatemala 121. Swaziland
53. Guinea 122. Sweden
54. Guinea-Bissau 123. Switzerland
55. Guyana 124. Tanzania
56. Haiti 125. Thailand
57. Honduras 126. Togo
58. Hong Kong, China 127. Trinidad and Tobago
59. Hungary 128. Tunisia
60. Iceland 129. Turkey
61. Indonesia 130. Uganda
62. Ireland 131. United Arab Emirates
63.Israel 132. United Kingdom
64. Italy 133. United States of America
65. Jamaica 134. Uruguay
66. Japan
67. Jordan
135. Venezuela
68. Kenya 136. Zambia
69. Korea 137. Zimbabwe
70. Kuwait THE INTERNATIONAL COPYRIGHT ORDER, 1999 S.O. 228(E)-
SCHEDULE
PART - I BERNE CONVENTION COUNTRIES WHICH HAVE RATIFIED/ACCEPTED/ ACCEDED TO THE 1971 TEXT OF THE CONVENTION
PART-II BERNE CONVENTION COUNTRIES WHICH ARE YET TO RATIFY/ ACCEPT/ ACCEDE TO THE 1971 TEXT OF CONVENTION
PART-III UNIVERSAL COPYRIGHT CONVENTION COUNTRIES WHICH HAVE RATIFIED/ ACCEPTED/ACCEDED TO THE 1971 TEXT OF THE CONVENTION
PART-IV UNIVERSAL COPYRIGHT CONVENTION COUNTRIES WHICH ARE YET TO RATIFY/ ACCEPT/ACCEDE TO THE 1971 TEXT OF THE CONVENTION
PART-V PHONOGRAMS CONVENTION COUNTRIES
PART-VI THE WORLD TRADE ORGANISATION COUNTRIES