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rule of the shorter term

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A quick definition of rule of the shorter term:

The rule of the shorter term is a copyright provision that says a country doesn't have to protect a work for longer than the country where it was first published. This means that if a book is published in one country for 50 years of protection, another country doesn't have to protect it for more than 50 years.

A more thorough explanation:

The Rule of the Shorter Term is a provision of the Universal Copyright Convention. It means that a country is not required to give a longer period of protection to a work than the period it receives in the country where it was first published.

For example, if a book is first published in the United States and is protected by copyright for 70 years after the author's death, but in Canada, the same book is only protected for 50 years after the author's death, then the book will only be protected for 50 years in the United States if it is published there.

This rule is important because it ensures that copyright protection is consistent across different countries. It also prevents a work from being protected for an excessively long period of time in a country where it was not first published.

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[] AromaticTroubledDormouse
20:55
How does one know if they are UR1 or UR2?
[] AromaticTroubledDormouse
20:56
CONGRATS MACAQUE!
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got a random stanford email and almost had a heart attack
ALSO CONGRATS!
Congrats1!
21:15
Miami A, yall I'm so excited I could cry.
21:15
Feel like I can finally stop holding my breath!! Whew!!!
[] baddestbunny
22:16
every time I get accosted by a strange man who follows me around because my male coworkers were too busy talking to walk me back to my car I get closer to saying we need to bring back traditional gender roles
Dkk
22:32
Nice! @Macaque
Dkk
22:32
@Aromatic, Have to guess.
Dkk
22:33
That sucks @Bunny do you have to go to the hospital?
[] baddestbunny
22:40
I said accosted not assaulted
23:35
guys. my notre dame address just went long is this good or bad
1a2b3c4d26z
23:37
Oooooo me too
23:37
omg is this good or bad
Dkk
23:47
Idk if gender roles are gunna fix that then.
23:49
it looks like most people who applied in october last cycle didn't get a decision until january... does it even mean anything that our addresses went long??
hows ED 2 compared to ED 1?
Dkk
0:10
No idea
windyMagician
0:34
reporting live to say my ndls address also went long
does it mean anything ^
Dkk
2:21
NDLS and Fordham took a very long time last year. It's good info for people to know.
[] baddestbunny
4:29
let’s get after it boys and girls
Dkk
5:21
I gtg to bed soon.
Dkk
5:22
Big day today. Gunna be a crazy one. I will sleep through the first half.
good morning lsd it is 5 am EST
also jazzy my ndls address went long ages ago i sadly do not think it means anything
my stanford address also went long LOL i think at most it's an indicator it's under review
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