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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 '''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. | ||
Revision as of 03:26, 25 January 2012
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.
