 In 2006, completely rewritten intellectual property laws were included in part IV of a new Civil Code of the Russian Federation.These new laws entered into force on January 1, 2008, replacing all previous intellectual property legislation, including the separate copyright law from 1993.The copyright term has been extended to 70 years for works published by Russian authors and copyright protection has been retroactively granted to works which had their 50-year protection term expire in 1993–2003, bringing many notable works out of public domain.