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Countries and areas | Terms of copyright protection | References |
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Afghanistan | 0, no copyright | The first copyright law has yet to be passed. |
Albania | Life + 70 years until year end | Arts. 17 and 21, Law no. 7564 of 19 April 1992, as modified by Law no. 7923 of 19 May 1995 |
Algeria | Life + 50 years until year end (except posthumous work) | Art. 54, Ordonnance n° 03-05 du 19 Joumada El Oula 1424 correspondant au 19 juillet 2003 relative aux droits d’auteur et aux droits voisins |
Andorra | Life + 70 years until year end |
Art. 18(1), (4), (8), Law on Copyright and Related Rights of 1999 |
Angola | Life + 50 years until year end Life + 25 years until year end (photographic works or applied arts) |
Art. 20(1), Copyright Law n° 4/90, March 1990 ibid. |
Anguilla![]() |
unknown | |
Antigua and Barbuda | Life + 50 years until year end | s. 10(1), Copyright Act, 2002 |
Argentina | Life + 70 years until year end | Art. 5, Ley 11.723 del 28 de septiembre de 1933, as modified by Ley 24.870 del 11 de septiembre de 1997 |
Armenia | Life + 50 years until year end (except posthumous work first published within 50 years after the author's death) | Art. 26, 1st paragraph, Law on Copyright and Neighbouring Rights of 12 January 2000 |
Aruba![]() |
unknown | |
Australia (including external territories) | Life + 70 years until year end Life + 50 years until year end (death before 1955) |
s. 33, Copyright Act 1968 Australian Copyright Council Information Sheets G023 (Duration) |
Austria | Life + 70 years until year end | § 60, 62, 64, Urheberrechtsgesetz; § 1(2), Urheberrechtsgesetznovelle 1972 (Nr. 492, 1972-12-16) |
Azerbaijan | Life + 50 years until year end (except posthumous work published at first time during 30 years) | Art. 25(1), (2), Law on Copyright and Related Rights of 5 June 1996 |
Bahamas | Berne | |
Bahrain | Life + 50 calendar years (except posthumous work) | Art. 31(1), Legislative Decree no. 10 of 1993 |
Bangladesh | Life + 50 years | |
Barbados | Life + 50 calendar years | s. 10(1), Copyright, Act, 05/03/1998, No. 4 |
Belarus | Life + 50 years until year end | Art. 22(1), (4), Law 194-3 of 11 August 1998 |
Belgium | Life + 70 years | Wet betreffende het auteursrecht en de naburige rechten van 30 juni 1994. (Hoofdstuk 1, afdeling 1, Art. 2)/Loi relative au droit d’auteur et aux droits voisins du 30 juin 1994. |
Belize | Life + 50 years | s. 10, Copyright Act Ch. 252 |
Benin | Life + 50 years | |
Bermuda![]() |
unknown | |
Berne Convention signatories | Life + 50 years Until year end Signatories may grant longer terms. |
Art. 7(1) Art. 7(5) Art. 7(6) |
Bhutan | Life + 50 years | s. 18, Copyright Act of the Kingdom of Bhutan, 2001 |
Bolivia | Life + 50 years | Art. 18, Ley No 1322 de 13 de abril de 1992 |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | Life + 70 years | Art. 84, Law on Copyright and Related Rights (7/02) |
Botswana | Berne, TRIPS, WCT | Copyright and Neighbouring Rights Act, Act No. 8 of 2000 |
Brazil | Life + 70 years | Art. 41, Law no 9610 of 19 February 1998 |
British Indian Ocean Territory![]() |
unknown | |
British Virgin Islands![]() |
unknown | |
Brunei | Life + 50 years | s. 14, Emergency (Copyright) Order 1999 |
Bulgaria | Life + 70 years (EU) | Art. 27, Law on Copyright and Neighbouring Rights, last changed in 2007 |
Burkina Faso | Life + 70 years | Art. 34, Loi N°032-99AN portant protection de la propriété littéraire et artistique |
Burundi | Life + 50 years | |
Cambodia | Life + 50 years | Art. 30, Law on Copyright and Related Rights of 2003 |
Cameroon | Life + 50 years | Art. 37, Loi no 2000/011 du 19 décembre 2000 |
Canada | Life + 50 years | s. 6, Copyright Act ( R.S., 1985, c. C-42 ); s. 7, S.C. 1997, c. 24 |
Cape Verde | Life + 50 years | Art. 19, Lei no. 101/III/90 de 29 de dezembro de 1990 |
Cayman Islands![]() |
unknown | |
Central African Republic | Berne, TRIPS | |
Chad | Berne, TRIPS | |
Chile | Life + 70 years | Art. 3, Law 19914 implementing free trade agreement with the US (2003) |
China, People's Republic of (Mainland only) | Life + 50 years until year end (citizens' works) | Art. 21, first paragraph, Copyright Law of the People's Republic of China |
Colombia | Life + 80 years Until year end |
Art. 21, Ley 23 de 1982 Art. 28, ibid. |
Comoros | Berne | |
Congo (Democratic Republic) | Berne, TRIPS | |
Congo (Republic) | Berne, TRIPS | |
Costa Rica | Life + 70 years | Art. 58, Ley de Derechos de Autor y Derechos Conexos modified by the Ley 7979 del 6 del enero del 2000 |
Cote d'Ivoire | Life + 99 years until year end | Art. 45(1), Loi no. 96-564 du 25 juillet 1996 |
Croatia | Life + 70 years | Art. 99, Copyright and Related Rights Act 197/2003 |
Cuba | Life + 50 years | |
Cyprus | Life + 50 years (EU, WCT) |
s. 4, Copyright Law 1976 |
Czech Republic | Life + 70 years Until year end |
Art. 27(1), Law No. 121/2000 Coll. Art. 27(7), ibid. |
Denmark | Life + 70 years | s. 63, Consolidated Act on Copyright 2006 |
Djibouti | Life + 25 years (Berne, TRIPS) Until year end |
Art. 59, Loi n°114/AN/96/3e L relatif à la protection du
droit d'auteur Art. 65, ibid. |
Dominica | Life + 70 years | s. 11, Copyright Act 2003 |
Dominican Republic | Life + 50 years | Art. 21, Ley sobre Derecho de Autor del 24 de julio de 2000 |
Ecuador | Life + 70 years | Art. 80, Ley No 83 de Propiedad Intelectual (1998) |
Egypt | Life + 50 years | Art. 160, Law on the Protection of Intellectual Property Rights |
El Salvador | Life + 50 years | Art. 86, Decreto Legislativo No. 604 del 15 de julio de 1993 |
Equatorial Guinea | Berne | |
Eritrea | unknown | |
Estonia | Life + 70 years (EU); Counting starts from the beginning of the year following the author's death |
§ 38, Edition of the Copyright Act effective since 01.01.2009 ; First enacted on 11.11.1992 |
Ethiopia | Life of creator | Title XI of the 1960 Civil Code |
European Union members | Life + 70 years Until year end |
Art. 1 (1), Directive 2006/116/EC Art. 8, ibid. |
Fiji | Life + 50 years | Copyright Act 1999 |
Finland | Life + 70 years | Art. 43, Law No. 404/1961, as amended by Law No. 1654/1995 |
France | Life + 70 years until year end + 6 years 152 days for musical work published through 1920 + 8 years and 120 days for musical work published through 1947 + 30 years if the author died on active service |
Art. L123-1, Code de la propriété intellectuelle Art. L123-8, ibid. Art. L123-9, ibid. Art. L123-10, ibid. |
Gabon | Berne, TRIPS, WCT | |
Gambia | Life + 50 years | Copyright Act 1956 (p) |
Georgia | Life + 70 years | Art. 31, Law on Copyright and Neighbouring Rights of 22 June 1999 |
Germany | Life + 70 years | § 64, Urheberrechtsgesetz, as amended by the Law of 23 June 1995 |
Ghana | Life + 70 years | Art. 12, Copyright Act, 2005 |
Greece | Life + 70 years Life + 70 years (audiovisual works) Until year end |
Art. 29, Law 2121/1993 Art. 31(3), ibid. All previous references |
Grenada | Berne, TRIPS | Copyright Act, dated 3 February 1989 |
Guatemala | Life + 75 years | Art. 43, Decreto No. 33-98, as modified by Art. 13, Decreto No. 56-2000 |
Guinea | TRIPS, WCT | |
Guinea-Bissau | Berne, TRIPS | |
Guyana | Life + 50 years | Copyright Act 1956 |
Haiti | Berne, TRIPS | Decree of January 9, 1968, relating to Copyright in Literary, Scientific and Artistic Works |
Honduras | Life + 75 years | Art. 44, Law on Copyright and Related Rights |
Hong Kong | Life + 50 years (literary, dramatic, musical or artistic works
with known authorship) Life + 50 years (films) Until year end |
s. 17(2), Copyright Ordinance (Cap. 528) s. 19, ibid. All previous references |
Hungary | Life + 70 years | Art. 31, Act No. LXXVI of 1999 |
Iceland | Life + 70 years | Art. 43, Act No. 73/1972, as amended by Art. 4, Act No. 145/1996 |
India | Life + 60 years until year end (literary, dramatic, musical, and non-photograph artistic works) | s. 22, Copyright Act, 1957 |
Indonesia | Life + 50 years | Art. 29, Law No. 19 of 2002 |
Iran | Life + 30 years | Art. 12, Copyright Law of 12 January 1970 |
Iraq | Life + 50 years | s. 2(11), Coalition Provisional Authority Order No. 2004/83 |
Ireland | Life + 70 years | s. 24, Copyright and Related Rights Act, 2000 |
Israel | Life + 70 years Until year end |
Art. 5(4), Copyright Ordinance 1924 Art. 5(3), ibid. |
Italy | Life + 70 years [Life + 50 years] |
Art. 25, Law No. 633 of 22 April 1941, as amended by Art. 17, Law No. 52 of 6 February 1996 |
Jamaica | Life + 50 years | s. 10, Copyright Act 1993 |
Japan | Life + 50 years Until year end |
Art. 51(2), Law No. 48 of 6 May 1970, as amended in 2006 Art. 57, ibid. |
Jordan | Life + 50 years | Art. 30, Law No. 22 of 1992, as amended |
Kazakhstan | Life + 50 years | Art. 28, Law on Copyright and Neighbouring Rights of 1996 |
Kenya | Life + 50 years until year end (literary, musical or artistic work other than photographs) | s. 23(2)1, Copyright Act, 2001 |
Kiribati | Life + 50 years | Copyright Act 1956 (p) |
Korea, Democratic People's Republic of | Berne | |
Korea, Republic of | Life + 50 years Until year end |
Art. 36, Copyright Act of 30 December 1989 Art. 40, ibid. |
Kuwait | TRIPS | Decree Law No. 64 of 1999 concerning Intellectual Property Rights |
Kyrgyzstan | Life + 50 years | Art. 27, Law on Copyright and Related Rights of 16 December 1997 |
Laos![]() |
0, no copyright | The first copyright law has yet to be passed.[82960] |
Latvia | Life + 70 years [Life + 50 years] |
Art. 36, Copyright Law of 6 April 2000 Art. 28, Law on Copyright and Neighbouring Rights of 11 May 1993 |
Lebanon | Life + 50 years | Art. 49, Loi sur la protection de la propriété littéraire et artistique (no. 75 du 3 avril 1999) |
Lesotho | Life + 50 years | Copyright Act 1956 (p) |
Libya | Life + 25 years with 50-year minimum (as of 1968; may have changed since) | |
Liechtenstein | Life + 70 years [Life + 50 years] |
Art. 32, Law of 19 May 1999 [Art. 36, [http://www.wipo.int/clea/docs_new/fr/li/li001fr.html Law of 26 October 1928] |
Lithuania | Life + 70 years [Life + 50 years] |
Art. 34, Law No. IX-1355 (2003) [Art. 536, Civil Code as modified by [http://www3.lrs.lt/pls/inter3/dokpaieska.showdoc_l?p_id=24740 Law No. I-459 (1994)] |
Luxembourg | Life + 70 years [Life + 50 years] |
Art. 9, Law of 18 April 2001 [Art. 2, Law of 29 March 1972] |
Macau(b) | Life + 50 years Until year end |
Art. 21(1), Decree-Law 43/99/M of August 16, 1999 Art. 21(3), ibid. |
Macedonia | Life + 70 years | Art. 44, Law on Copyright and Related Rights No. 47/96 as amended |
Madagascar | Life + 70 years | Art. 52, Loi no. 94-036 portant sur la propriété littéraire et artistique |
Malawi | Life + 50 years | s. 13, Copyright Act, 1989 |
Malaysia | Life + 50 years | s. 17, Copyright Act 1987 |
Maldives | TRIPS | |
Mali | Life + 50 years | Art. 90, Loi No. 8426/AN-RM |
Malta | Life + 70 years | s. 4(2), Copyright Act, 2000 |
Marshall Islands![]() |
0, no copyright | Copyright legislation is not known to exist. |
Mauritania | Berne, TRIPS | |
Mauritius | Life + 50 years | s. 12, Copyright Act 1997 |
Mexico | Life + 100 years (effective 23 July 2003
non-retroactively) Life + 75 years (before the law change on 23 July 2003, applicable for deaths before 23 July 1928) |
Art. 29, Ley Federal del Derecho de Autor (2003) Art. 29, Ley Federal del Derecho de Autor (1996) |
Micronesia | Life + 50 years | § 113, Federated States of Micronesia Code, Title 35 |
Moldova | Life + 50 years | Art. 17, Law No. 293-XIII of 23 November 1994 |
Monaco | WCT | |
Mongolia | Life + 50 years | Art. 17, Law on Copyright of 1993 |
Montenegro | Life + 70 years | Art. 100, Law on Copyright and Related Rights |
Morocco | Life + 50 years | Art. 25, Loi no. 2-00 relative aux droits d’auteur et droits voisins |
Mozambique | Life + 70 years | Art. 22, Law No. 4/2001 |
Myanmar | TRIPS | |
Namibia | Life + 50 years | s. 3, Copyright Act 98 of 1978, as amended by s. 3, Act 52 of 1984, s. 3, Act 125 of 1992 and by s. 52, Act 38 of 1997 |
Nauru | unknown | |
Nepal | Life + 50 years | Pustun Pradhan (2004). " Nepal's New Law on Copyright: Some
Reflections", UNESCO![]() |
Netherlands | Life + 70 years | Art. 37, Copyright Act, 1912, as amended by the Acts of 21 December 1995 |
New Zealand | Life + 50 years until year end (literary, dramatic, musical, or artistic work) | s. 22(1), Copyright Act 1994 |
Nicaragua | Life + 70 years | Art. 27, Ley de Derecho de Autor y Derechos Conexos (No. 312) |
Niger | Life + 50 years | Art. 22, Ordinance 93-027 of 30 March 1993 on copyright, related rights and expressions of folklore |
Nigeria | Life + 70 years until year end (literary, musical or artistic works other than photographs) | Schedule I, Copyright Act (Cap. 68) 1990 |
Norway | Life + 70 years | s. 40, Act No. 2 of 12 May 1961 |
Oman | Life + 50 years | Art. 7, Royal Decree 37-2000 |
Pakistan![]() |
Life + 50 years | s. 18, Copyright Ordinance, 1962 |
Palau | Life + 50 years | s. 16, Republic of Palau Copyright Act of 2003 |
Panama | Life + 50 years | Art. 42, Ley No. 15 de 8 de agosto de 1994 |
Papua New Guinea | Life + 50 years | s. 17, Copyright and Neighbouring Rights Act 2000 |
Paraguay | Life + 70 years | Art. 47, Ley No. 1328/98 de Derecho de Autor y Derechos Conexos |
Peru | Life + 70 years | Art. 52, Decreto legislativo 822 del 23 de abril de 1996 |
Philippines | Life + 50 years Until year end |
s. 213.1, Intellectual Property Code s. 214, ibid. |
Poland | Life + 70 years | Art. 36, Law of February 4, 1994, on Copyright and Neighbouring Rights, as amended by the Law of 22 July 2000 |
Portugal | Life + 70 years [Life + 50 years] |
Art. 31, Code of Copyright and Related Rights, as amended by Decree Law No. 334/97 of 27 November 1997 |
Qatar | Life + 50 years | s. 15, Law No. 7 of 2002 |
Romania | Life + 70 years | Art. 27, Law No. 8 of March 14, 1996 |
Russia | Life + 70 years starting July 28, 2004 ( Source); Life + 50 years (death before 1953) | Art. 2, Law 72-FZ, 2004 |
Rwanda | Berne, TRIPS | |
St. Kitts and Nevis | Life + 50 years | Copyright Act 1956 (p) |
St. Lucia | Life + 50 years | s. 10, Copyright Act, 1995 |
St. Vincent and the Grenadines | Life + 75 years until year end (literary, dramatic, musical or artistic work) | s. 8(1), Copyright Act, 2003 |
Samoa | Berne | |
San Marino | unknown | |
São Tomé and Príncipe | unknown | |
Saudi Arabia | Life + 50 years | Royal Decree No: M/41 2nd Rajab 1424 H August 30, 2003 |
Senegal | Berne, TRIPS | |
Serbia | Life + 70 years See Serbian copyright law |
Art. 100, Law on Copyright and Related Rights |
Seychelles | Life + 25 years until year end | s. 9(1)(i), Copyright Act, revised edition 1991 |
Singapore | Life + 70 years or if published after death 70 years after publication (literary, dramatic or musical work, or in an artistic work other than a photograph) | s. 28(2), (3), Copyright Act |
Slovakia | Life + 70 years | § 21, Law on Copyright and Rights Related to Copyright (Copyright Act) No. 618/2003 |
Slovenia | Life + 70 years | Art. 59, Copyright and Related Rights Act of 30 March 1995 |
Solomon Islands | Life + 50 years | s. 3, Copyright Act (Ch. 138) |
Somalia | unknown | |
South Africa | Life + 50 years until year end (literary or musical works or artistic works, other than photographs) | s. 3(2)(a), Copyright Act, 1978 |
Spain | Life + 70 years [Life + 80 years(1879 - 1987), Life + 60 years(1987 - 1994)] |
Art. 23, Real Decreto 1/1996 |
Sri Lanka | Life + 50 years Until year end |
s. 19(1), Code of Intellectual Property Act No. 52 of 1979 s. 19(6), ibid. |
Sudan | Life + 50 years | s. 13(2), Copyright and Neighbouring Rights Protection Act 1996 |
Suriname | Berne, TRIPS | |
Swaziland | Life + 50 years | Copyright Act No. 36 of 1912 |
Sweden | Life + 70 years | Art. 43, Act 1960:729, as modified by Act 1995:1273 |
Switzerland | Life + 70 years effective 1 July 1993 non-retroactively, but
Life + 50 years for computer programs Until year end Life + 50 years (before the law change on 1 July 1993, applicable for deaths through 1942) |
Art. 29 Urheberrechtgesetz/ Loi sur
le droit d’auteur par. 2 Art. 32, ibid. BGE 124 III 266 |
Syria | Life + 50 years | Art. 22, Law No. 12/2001 |
Taiwan, Republic of China | Life + 50 years Until year end |
Art. 30, Copyright Act Art. 35, ibid. |
Tajikistan | Berne | |
Tanzania | Life + 50 years | s. 14, Copyright and Neighbouring Rights Act, 1999 |
Thailand | Life + 50 years | s. 19, Copyright Act, B.E. 2537 (1994) |
Timor Leste | Life + 50 years | Art. 29, Law No. 19 of 2002 |
Togo | Life + 50 years | Art. 36, Loi no. 91-12 portant protection du droit d'auteur, du folklore et des droits voisins |
Tonga | Life + 50 years | s. 13, Copyright Act (Cap. 121) |
Trinidad and Tobago | Life + 50 years | s. 19, Copyright Act, 1997 |
Tunisia | Life + 50 years | Art. 18, Loi no. 94-36 |
Turkey | Life + 70 years | Art. 27, Law No. 5846 of 5 December 1951 |
Turkmenistan | unknown | |
Tuvalu | Life + 50 years | Copyright Act 1956 (p) |
Uganda | TRIPS | |
Ukraine | Life + 70 years [Life + 50 years] |
Art. 28, Law on Copyright and Related Rights of
2001 |
United Arab Emirates | Life + 50 years | s. 20, Federal Law No. 7 of 2002 |
United Kingdom | Life + 70 years until year end | s. 12, Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, as amended by s. 5, Duration of Copyright and Rights in Performances Regulations 1995 |
United States | Life + 70 years until year end (works published since 1978 or unpublished works) | (a) and |
Universal Copyright Convention minimum terms | Life + 25 years (general works) | Article IV 2(a) |
Uruguay | Life + 50 years | Art. 14, Law on Copyright No. 9.739 of 17 December 1937 |
Uzbekistan | Life + 50 years | Art. 38, Law No. 272-I of 30 August 1996 |
Vanuatu | unknown | |
Vatican City | Life + 70 years | N. XII. Legge sil diritto di autore |
Venezuela | Life + 60 years until year end | Art. 25, Ley sobre el Dercho de Autor as modified by the Decreto del 14 de agosto de 1993 |
Vietnam | Berne | |
Yemen | Life + 30 years | |
Zambia | Life + 50 years | s. 12, Copyright and Performance Rights Act, 1994 |
Zimbabwe | Life + 50 years until year end (literary, dramatic, and musical works; non-photograph artistic works) | s. 5(3), 6(3)(a), Copyright Act (Chapter 26:1) |
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