# rule of the shorter term

> provision in international copyright treaties that signatory countries can limit the duration of copyright they grant to foreign works under national treatment to at most the copyright term granted in the country of origin of the work

**Wikidata**: [Q1318221](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1318221)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rule_of_the_shorter_term)  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/rule-of-the-shorter-term


## References

1. Freebase Data Dumps. 2013