Abstract
The article deals with the development of copyright law in various periods of the Russian history. The copyright duration has varied in Russia and the USSR during the last decades — from 15 years to 25, 50 and 70. This has caused serious problems in application of copyright terms to particular works. The respective amendments extending the terms of copyright provided for different application of new terms to “old” works (i.e. the works created before the amendments were introduced) which has complicated the situation. According to the amendments the copyright duration could be “extended” or it could be “restored”. These controversial provisions left the works of some soviet writers, e.g. A. Tolstoy, A. Beliaev, unprotected a few times. The article focuses on the examination of copyright laws and court decisions including the opinions of the Russian highest courts.
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