How to calculate the start and end of the copyright protection period
(1) For citizens’ works, the protection period of the right to publish and copyright property rights is the life of the author and 50 years after the death of the author, ending on the 50th year after the death of the author. on December 31st. For example, if A created a work on March 4, 1980, but did not publish it, and A died on October 1, 2000, then the protection period of his right of publication and copyright will be calculated from March 4, 1980. , and ends on December 31, 2050.
(2) Works of legal persons or other organizations, and copyrights (except for authorship rights) are owned by For professional works owned by legal persons or other organizations, the right of publication and copyright protection period are 50 years, generally starting from the first publication of the work and ending on December 31 of the 50th year after the first publication of the work. However, if the work has not been published within 50 years after its creation, the Copyright Law will no longer provide protection.
(3) The protection period of the publication rights and copyright property rights of film works, works created by methods similar to filmmaking, and photographic works is 50 years, ending on December 31st of the 50th year after the work was first published, but if the work has not been published within 50 years since its creation, its copyright will no longer be protected.
(4) The protection period of the right to publish and copyright property rights of collaborative works is the life of the author plus 50 years after the death, ending in the 50th year after the death of the last author. on December 31st. For example, A and B created a work on March 4, 1980. If A died on August 1, 1990, and B died on October 1, 2000, then the right to publish and the copyright property rights of the work will be lost. The protection period will start from March 4, 1980 and end on December 31, 2050.
(5) For works with unknown authors, the copyright protection period is 50 years, ending 12 months after the 50th year after the work was first published.March 31st.
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