Article 1340. The Effective Term of the Exclusive Right of the Publisher to a Work The exclusive right of the publisher to a work comes into being as of the time when the work is promulgated, and it is in effect for 25 years, from January 1 of the year following the year in which it was promulgated.

Article 1341. The Effect of the Exclusive Right of the Publisher to a Work on the Territory of the Russian Federation

1. The exclusive right of the publisher extends to a work: 1) promulgated on the territory of the Russian Federation, irrespective of the publisher's citizenship; 2) promulgated outside of the territory of the Russian Federation by a citizen of the Russian Federation; 3) promulgated outside of the territory of the Russian Federation by a foreign citizen or stateless person, provided that the legislation of the foreign state where the work was promulgated grants on the territory thereof protection to the exclusive right of a publisher being a citizen of the Russian Federation; 4) in the other cases envisaged by international treaties of the Russian Federation.

2. In the case specified in Subitem 3 of Item 1 of the present article the effective term of the publisher's exclusive right to a work on the territory of the Russian Federation shall not exceed the effective term of the publisher's right to a work established in the state on whose territory the legal fact servicing as ground for the acquisition of the exclusive right took place.

Article 1342. The Early Termination of the Exclusive Right of the Publisher to a Work The exclusive right of the publisher to a work may be terminated before due time in a judicial procedure on a complaint of a person concerned if in the use of the work the right holder violates the requirements set out in the present Code concerning the protection of attribution, name of the author or integrity of the work.

Article 1343. Alienation of the Original of a Work and the Exclusive Right of the Publisher to the Work

1. When the original of a work (manuscript, original work of painting, sculpture or another similar work) is alienated by its owner holding a exclusive right of publisher to the work alienated this exclusive right is transferred to the acquirer of the original work, except as otherwise envisaged by a contract.

2. If the exclusive right of the publisher to a work has not been transferred to the acquirer of the original of a work the acquirer is entitled without the consent of the holder of the exclusive right of the publisher to use the original work in the manners specified in Paragraph 2 of Item 1 of Article 1291 of the present Code.

Article 1344. Distributing the Original or Copies of a Work Protected by the Exclusive Right of the Publisher If the original or copies of a work promulgated in accordance with the present paragraph have been legally put in civil-law transactions by means of being sold or otherwise alienated the further distribution of the original or copies is admissible without the consent of the publisher and without a fee being paid to the publisher.

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