• Validity of the copyright protection period before expiry: for the author's life.
• Validity of the copyright protection period after the death of the author(s): 50 years.

In the case of sound recordings and film, the protection duration is 50 years from the end of the year in which it was made.

In terms of cable or broadcast programming, copyright lasts for 50 years from the end of the year in which the broadcast took place.

Copyright in typographical arrangements lasts for 25 years from the year in which the edition was first published.