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a) it is a cinematograph film or a photograph and 50 years have passed since it was first published;
b) it is a sound recording and 50 years have passed since it was created;
c) it is a broadcast and 50 years have passed since it first took place;
d) it is another type of work and 70 years have passed since the author's death or in case of a governmental or corporative authorship - 70 years since its first publication.