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Cite as:  565 U. S. ____ (2012) 

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Opinion of the Court 
Appendix to opinion of the Court 

sound recordings fixed before February 15, 1972; or

“(iii) lack of national eligibility; 

“(D) has at least one author or rightholder who was, at
the time the work was created, a national or domiciliary of 
an eligible country, and if published, was first published in 
an eligible country and not published in the United States 
during  the  30-day  period  following  publication  in  such
eligible country; and 

“(E)  if  the  source  country  for  the  work  is  an  eligible 
country  solely  by  virtue  of  its  adherence  to  the  WIPO 
Performances  and  Phonograms  Treaty, 
is  a  sound 
recording.

“(7) The term “rightholder” means the person— 

“(A) who, with respect to a sound recording, first fixes 

a sound recording with authorization, or 

“(B)  who  has  acquired  rights  from  the  person  de-
scribed  in  subparagraph  (A)  by  means  of  any  conveyance 
or by operation of law.

“(8) The “source country” of a restored work is— 
“(A) a nation other than the United States
“(B) in the case of an unpublished work— 

“(i)  the  eligible  country  in  which  the  author  or 
rightholder  is  a  national  or  domiciliary,  or,  if  a  restored
work has more than 1 author or rightholder, of which the 
majority of foreign authors or rightholders are nationals or 
domiciliaries; or 

“(ii)  if  the  majority  of  authors  or  rightholders  are 
not foreign, the nation other than the United States which
has the most significant contacts with the work; and 

“(C) in the case of a published work— 

“(i)  the  eligible  country  in  which  the  work  is  first 

published, or

“(ii)  if  the  restored  work  is  published  on  the  same
day  in  2  or  more  eligible  countries,  the  eligible  country 
which has the most significant contacts with the work.”