Period of protection (Copyright)

The protection period 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
• After the death of the performer, but not before the expiration of the term of copyright
• 70 years after the composer's death