Source Word
rule of the shorter term
Noun
uncountable
(law)
A
feature
of
the
copyright
law
of
some
countries,
whereby
the
duration
of
protection
granted
by
the
country
in
question
to
a
work
created
in
a
foreign
country
is
limited
to
no
greater
than
that
which
it
would
have
received
in
its
country
of
origin,
even
if
it
would
have
been
eligible
for
a
greater
duration
had
it
been
created
in
the
country
in
question;
the
rule
that,
when
a
copyrighted
work
passes
into
the
public
domain
in
its
country
of
origin,
it
will
also
pass
into
the
public
domain
in
the
country
in
question
if
it
has
not
already
done
so.
Japanese Meaning
著作権法における原則で、外国で創作された作品の保護期間が、その作品が原産国で得る保護期間を上回らないように制限されること。 / 例えば、もし原産国での保護期間が短く設定されている場合、他国でもその短い期間に基づいて著作権が認められるというルール。 / つまり、ある国での保護期間に従い、外国作品がその国での著作権の保護期間を短縮して適用されることを意味する。
Sense（1）
(law)
A
feature
of
the
copyright
law
of
some
countries,
whereby
the
duration
of
protection
granted
by
the
country
in
question
to
a
work
created
in
a
foreign
country
is
limited
to
no
greater
than
that
which
it
would
have
received
in
its
country
of
origin,
even
if
it
would
have
been
eligible
for
a
greater
duration
had
it
been
created
in
the
country
in
question;
the
rule
that,
when
a
copyrighted
work
passes
into
the
public
domain
in
its
country
of
origin,
it
will
also
pass
into
the
public
domain
in
the
country
in
question
if
it
has
not
already
done
so.
