on implementation of Law of the Russian Federation on Copyright and Neighboring Rights
The Supreme Soviet of the Russian Federation hereby decrees:
1. To put into effect the Law of Russian Federation on Copyright and Neighboring Rights on the day of its promulgation.
2. The Law of Russian Federation on Copyright and Neighboring Rights shall be applied with respect to the creation and use of the objects of copyrights and neighboring rights arising after the entry into force of the aforesaid Act.
3. The terms of rights protection specified in Articles 27 and 43 of the aforesaid Act shall apply in all cases in which the 50-year duration of copyright or neighboring rights did not run out by 1 January 1993.
4. The copyright of legal persons which originated prior to the entry into force of the aforesaid Act shall cease upon the expiration of 50 years from the time of the rightful disclosure of a work or the creation of a work, where it has not been disclosed.
5. Radio and TV broadcasts with respect to which the 50-year term from the time of their rightful disclosure or creation, where these have not been disclosed, shall have protection, as objects of neighboring rights, from the date on which the aforesaid Act entered into force, for the remaining duration of the term.
6. Pending adoption of appropriate federal legal acts and reconciliation of legislation of the Russian Federation with the Law of Russian Federation on Copyright and Neighboring Rights, the laws of the Russian Federation and of the former USSR shall be applied insofar as these are not contrary to the aforesaid Act.
7. To establish that, in conformity with Article 121(8) of the Constitution of the Russian Federation, the edicts of the President of the Russian Federation shall be applied in the part not contrary to the aforesaid Act.
8. The Government of the Russian Federation shall, by 1 November 1993:
reconcile decisions of the Government of the Russian Federation with the aforesaid Act; ensure review and repeal by ministries and departments of the Russian Federation of their normative acts, including instructions, contrary to the present Act. 9. The Commission of the Soviet of Nationalities of the RF Supreme Soviet for the Cultural and Natural Heritage of the Peoples of the Russian Federation, the RF Supreme Soviet Committee on Science and Public Education, with the participation of the RF Supreme Soviet Committee on Judicial Reform and Current Legislation, and the Commission of the Soviet of the Republic of the RF Supreme Soviet for Culture shall:
by 1 September 1993, work out and put before the RF Supreme Soviet, in the statutory manner, draft laws of the Russian Federation on amendments and addenda to legislative acts bearing on the protection of copyright and neighboring rights; by 1 May 1994, sum up and analyze the practical application of the aforesaid Act, and report on the results to the Supreme Soviet of the Russian Federation. 10. To declare null and void on the territory of the Russian Federation, from the day of entry into force of the aforesaid Act, Section IV of the Fundamentals of Civil Legislation of the USSR and the Republics, adopted by the USSR Supreme Soviet on 31 May 1991.
Moscow,
of Russian Federation R. Khazbulatov
July 9th, 1993
№5352-1