Copyrights - General Information

  • 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.

The duration of protection of literary, dramatic, musical or artistic works is the life of the author plus fifty years. The duration of protection of sound recordings, films, broadcasts, and cable programmes is fifty years from the end of the calendar year in which such works were made.