THE INTERNATIONAL COPYRIGHT ORDER 1999

 

 

THE INTERNATIONAL COPYRIGHT ORDER, 1999

[S.O.228(E), dated 24^th March 1999, published in the Gazette of India, Extra Pt II, Sec. 3 (i), dated 6^th 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;  

(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
19. El Salvador 20. Estonia	51. Slovakia
	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