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

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Opinion of the Court 
Appendix to opinion of the Court 

protection  on  substantially  the  same  basis  as  provided
under  this  section,  the  President  may  by  proclamation 
extend  restored  protection  provided  under  this  section  to 
any work—

“(1) of which one or more of the authors is, on the date of
first  publication,  a  national,  domiciliary,  or  sovereign
authority of that nation; or

“(2) which was first published in that nation. 

“The  President  may  revise,  suspend,  or  revoke  any  such 
proclamation  or  impose  any  conditions  or  limitations  on
protection under such a proclamation.
“(h)  DEFINITIONS.—For  purposes  of  this  section  and  sec-
tion 109(a):

“(1)  The  term  “date  of  adherence  or  proclamation” 
means  the  earlier  of  the  date  on  which  a  foreign  nation
which, as of the date the WTO Agreement enters into force 
with respect to the United States, is not a nation adhering
to  the  Berne  Convention  or  a  WTO  member  country,
becomes— 

“(A) a nation adhering to the Berne Convention;
“(B) a WTO member country;
“(C) a nation adhering to the WIPO Copyright Treaty;
“(D) a nation adhering to the WIPO Performances and 

Phonograms Treaty; or

“(E) subject to a Presidential proclamation under

subsection (g). 

“(2) The “date of restoration” of a restored copyright is—

“(A)  January  1,  1996,  if  the  source  country  of  the 
restored  work  is  a  nation  adhering  to  the  Berne  Conven-
tion or a WTO member country on such date, or 

“(B) the date of adherence or proclamation, in the case 

of any other source country of the restored work.

“(3)  The  term  “eligible  country”  means  a  nation,  other

than the United States, that— 

“(A) becomes a WTO member country after the date of 

the enactment of the Uruguay Round Agreements Act;