Copyright term (Copyright)
From PUBLIC DOMAIN PROJECT MEDIAPOOL
The Copyright term of a musical work ends after the death of the performer, a fixed period since the first publication of the recording and/or after the death of the composer.
The headquarters of the Public Domain Project are located in Küsnacht (Switzerland), therefore all articles in our MediaWiki and/or phonogram documents (flac files) are based under the Swiss copyright law.
Contents
Europe
European Union
- 70 years after the first publication[1]
- After the death of the performer, but not before the expiration of the term of copyright (by expiration of the copyright term of living performers is the work free)
- 70 years after the composer's death
- The protection period begins from December 31st of that year, in which the event is set (e.g. death: 15 May 1941; public domain: 1 January 2012)[2][3]
Switzerland
- 50 years after the first publication[4]
- After the death of the performer, but not before the expiration of the term of copyright (by expiration of the copyright term of living performers is the work free)
- 70 years after the composer's death[5]
- The protection period begins from December 31st of that year, in which the event is set (e.g. death: 15 May 1941; public domain: 1 January 2012)
North America
United States
- Corporate authorship: 120 years after creation and 95 years after the first publication date
- Individuals: life of the author plus 70 years and 95 years after the first publication date
- Note: Additional works made in 1923 or afterwards that were still protected by copyright in 1998 will not enter the public domain until 2019 or afterward.
- See also: Catalog of Copyright Entries, Copyright Term Extension Act
References
See also
- List of countries' copyright lengths
- Berne Convention (1886)
- Copyright investigation (index of our references and sources)
- Copyright law of Germany (UrhG)
- EU-Copyright Duration Directive
External links
- Copyright law of Germany
- Copyright law of Switzerland
- Directive 2006/116/EC is the consolidated version of 93/98/EC with amendments that is in force since 2007
- Adoption process of directive 2006/116/EC
