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ARTICLE-12: Term of Protection     [go to this ARTICLE]
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... Whenever the term of protection of a work, other than a photographic work or a work of applied art, is calculated on a basis other than the life of a natural person, such term shall be no less than 50 years from the end of the calendar year of authorized publication, or, failing such authorized publication within 50 years from the making of the work, 50 years from the end of the calendar year of making. ...


ARTICLE-14: Protection of Performers, Producers of Phonograms     [go to this ARTICLE]
... 5. The term of the protection available under this Agreement to performers and producers of phonograms shall last at least until the end of a period of 50 years computed from the end of the calendar year in which the fixation was made or the performance took place. The term of protection granted pursuant to paragraph 3 shall last for at least 20 years from the end of the calendar year in which the broadcast took place. ...


ARTICLE-18: Term of Protection     [go to this ARTICLE]
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ARTICLE-33: Term of Protection     [go to this ARTICLE]
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... The term of protection available shall not end before the expiration of a period of twenty years counted from the filing date.(8) ...


ARTICLE-38: Term of Protection     [go to this ARTICLE]
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... 1. In Members requiring registration as a condition of protection, the term of protection of layout-designs shall not end before the expiration of a period of 10 years counted from the date of filing an application for registration or from the first commercial exploitation wherever in the world it occurs. ...