Difference between revisions of "Copyright term (Copyright)"
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* After the death of the performer, but not before the expiration of the term of copyright | * After the death of the performer, but not before the expiration of the term of copyright | ||
* 70 years after the composer's death<ref name="general use">[http://www.admin.ch/ch/d/sr/231_1/a29.html URG Art. 29 Im Allgemeinen]</ref> | * 70 years after the composer's death<ref name="general use">[http://www.admin.ch/ch/d/sr/231_1/a29.html URG Art. 29 Im Allgemeinen]</ref> | ||
| − | The protection period begins from [[December 31]] of that year, in which the event is set. | + | * The protection period begins from [[December 31]] of that year, in which the event is set. |
=== References === | === References === | ||
Revision as of 17:41, 29 October 2011
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.
Europe
Switzerland
- 50 years after the first publication[1]
- After the death of the performer, but not before the expiration of the term of copyright
- 70 years after the composer's death[2]
- The protection period begins from December 31 of that year, in which the event is set.
