Jens Ohlig on Nostr: The national treatment provided for in Art. 1 of the Convention means that German law ...
The national treatment provided for in Art. 1 of the Convention means that German law independently calculates the term of protection for works by US authors without taking into account the term comparison. As a result, a work created by a US citizen remains protected by copyright in Germany, even if the author's rights in the USA have already expired, until 70 years after the author's death.
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