The protection period is not limited. The author's right of authorship, right of modification, and right to protect the integrity of the work are not limited in terms of protection period. For a citizen's work, the right to publish and the rights stipulated in Article 10, Paragraph 1, Items (5) to (17) of the "Copyright Law of the People's Republic of China" shall be protected for the lifetime of the author and fifty years after his death. , ends on December 31 of the fiftieth year after the death of the author; if it is a collaborative work, ends on December 31 of the fiftieth year after the death of the last author.
Works and copyrights (excluding the right of authorship) of legal persons or other organizations are enjoyed by legal persons or other organizations. The protection period of the rights stipulated in Items (5) to (17) of this paragraph is fifty years, ending on December 31 of the fiftieth year after the work was first published, but the work shall not be protected within fifty years from the completion of its creation. Publication shall no longer be protected by this Law.
The protection period of the rights stipulated in Item (17) is fifty years, ending on December 31, the fiftieth year after the work was first published. However, if the work has not been published within fifty years after the completion of the creation, this law shall no longer apply. Protect.
In this case, both copyright owners have passed away, but this does not mean that their copyrights are not protected because the copyright owners have passed away. According to the provisions of the Copyright Law, legal protection should be calculated from the time of death of the last copyright owner for fifty years after death.
