Source country

“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(B) in the case of an unpublished work—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.”

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