Countries, areas, and entities Copyright terms based on authors' deaths[a] Copyright terms based on publication and creation dates[a] Until year end?

Afghanistan Life + 50 years[1] 50 years from publication (anonymous or pseudonymous work)[1]

50 years from publication (published after authors' deaths)[1]

50 years from publication (audiovisual works)[1]

50 years from publication (photographic, painting works)[1]

50 years from creation (phonogram)[1] Yes (Afghan calendar)[1]

Albania Life + 70 years[2]: Art. 17 70 years from publication (anonymous or pseudonymous work)[2]: Art. 18

70 years from publication; 70 years from creation if unpublished (photographic or audiovisual work of joint authorship)[3]

25 years from production (works of applied art)[2]:Art. 20 Yes[2]: Art. 21

Algeria Life + 50 years (except posthumous work)[4]: Art. 54 50 years from publication; 50 years from creation if unpublished (collective work, anonymous or pseudonymous work, audiovisual work, posthumous work)[4]: Arts. 56–58, 60 50 years from creation (photographs or the work of applied art[4]:Art. 59 Yes[4]: Arts. 54, 56–58, 60

Andorra Life + 70 years[b][5]: Art. 18(1), (4) 70 years from publication; 70 years from creation if unpublished (collective work with unknown authorship)[5]: Art. 18(3) 70 years from publication (anonymous or pseudonymous work)[5]:Art. 18(5) Yes[5]: Art. 18(8)

Angola Life + 50 years[6]

Life + 25 years (photographic works or applied arts)[6] Yes[6]

Anguilla Life + 50 years[7] 50 years from the death of the author, of the last surviving author for works with more than one author.[7]

Antigua and Barbuda Life + 50 years[8][9]: s. 10(1) 50 years from publication; 50 years from creation if unpublished (anonymous or pseudonymous work, computer generated work, sound recording or film)[9]: s. 10(2), (4), 11(1)

50 years from creation (broadcast); 50 years after programme included in a cable programme service[9]:s. 12(1)

25 years from publication (typographical arrangement of a published edition)[9]:s. 13 Yes[9]: s. 10(1), 10(2), (4), 11(1), 12(1), 13

Argentina Life + 70 years[10]: Art. 5 50 years from publication (anonymous intellectual works belonging to institutions, corporations or legal persons)[10]: Art. 8 Phonograms: 70 years from first publication.[11][12][13][14] Photographs: 20 years from first publication.[15] Cinematographic works: 50 years after death of the last survivor among the producer, the director, the screenplay writer or the composer (for musical comedies).[15] Yes[10]: Art. 5

Armenia Life + 70 years[16]: Art. 37 70 years from publication (anonymous or pseudonymous works)[16]: Art. 37 Yes[16]: Art. 37

Aruba Life + 50 years[17](wikisource)

Australia (including external territories) Life + 70 years[18]: s. 33

[Life + 50 years (death before 1955)][19] 70 years from publication (sound recordings, cinematograph films)[18]: s. 93, 94

50 years after making (television broadcasts and sound broadcasts)[18]:s. 95

25 years from publication (published editions of works)[18]:s. 96

[50 years from publication (photographs, no longer applicable since 1 January 2005)][19] Yes[18]: ss. 93–96 [19]

Austria Life + 70 years[c][20]: § 60, 62 [21] 70 years from publication; 70 years from creation if unpublished (anonymous or pseudonymous work)[20]: § 61 Yes[20]: § 64

Azerbaijan Life + 50 years (except posthumous work published at first time during 30 years)[22]: Art. 25(1), (2) 50 years from publication (anonymous or pseudonymous work; posthumous work published at first time during 30 years)[22]: Art. 25(2), 26(1), (3) Yes[22]: Art. 25(1), (2), 26(1), (3)

Bahamas Berne (The Berne Convention states that all works except photographic and cinematographic shall be copyrighted for at least 50 years after the author's death, but parties are free to provide longer terms)

Bahrain Life + 50 calendar years (except posthumous work)[23]: Art. 31(1) 50 calendar years from publication (cinematographic films, applied arts works and photographs; anonymous or pseudonymous works; corporate works; posthumous works)[23]: Art. 31(2)(a–d) 40 years from publication or 50 years from completion, whichever is earlier (computer software)[23]:Art. 31(3)

Bangladesh Life + 50 years

Barbados Life + 50 years[24][25]: s. 10(1) 50 years from publication (anonymous or pseudonymous works)[25]: s. 10(3)

50 years from making (computer-generated work)[25]:s. 10(4)

50 years from publication; 50 years from creation if unpublished (sound recordings and films)[25]:s. 11

50 years from creation (broadcast); 50 years after programme included in a cable programme service[25]:s. 12

25 years from publication (typographical arrangement of a published edition)[25]:s. 13 Yes[25]: ss. 10–13

Belarus Life + 50 years[26]: Art. 22(1) 50 years from publication or if unpublished 50 years from creation (anonymous or pseudonymous works)[26]: Art. 22(2)

50 years from fixation (performance)[26]:Art. 38(1)

50 years from publication or if unpublished 50 years from fixation (phonogram)[26]:Art. 38(2)

50 years from the first broadcast or cable transmission[26]:Art. 38(3) Yes[26]: Arts. 22(4), 38(4)

Belgium Life + 70 years[27]

Belize Life + 50 years[28] 50 years from publication (anonymous or pseudonymous work)[28]

50 years from publication (sound recording or film)[28]

50 years from publication (computer-generated work)[28] Yes

Benin Life + 50 years

Bermuda Life + 50 years[29]

Berne Convention signatories Life + 50 years[30]

Signatories may grant longer terms.[31] 50 years from publication or if not shown 50 years from creation (cinematographic works)[32]

50 years from publication (anonymous or pseudonymous works)[33]

25 years from creation (photographic works)[34]

Signatories may grant longer terms.[31] Yes[35]

Bhutan Life + 50 years[36]

Bolivia Life + 50 years[37]

Brazil Life + 70 years[40]: art. 41 70 years from disclosure (audiovisual and photographic works)[40]: art. 44 Yes[40]: arts. 41, 44

British Indian Ocean Territory unknown

British Virgin Islands unknown

Brunei Life + 50 years[41]

Bulgaria Life + 70 years (EU)[42]

Burkina Faso Life + 70 years[43]

Burundi Life + 50 years [44] 50 years from publication (phonograms)[44]

Cambodia Life + 50 years[45]

Cameroon Life + 50 years[46]

Canada Life + 50 years[47][48] 50 years from publication or 75 years from creation, whichever is shorter (anonymous works).[47] Yes[47]

Cape Verde Life + 50 years[3]

Cayman Islands unknown

Central African Republic Berne, TRIPS

Chad Berne, TRIPS

Chile Life + 70 years[49]

China, People's Republic of (Mainland only) Life + 50 years (citizens' works)[50]: para. 1 50 years from publication, or if unpublished, 50 years from creation (works of legal entities, cinematographic works, films or photographic works)[50]: paras. 2–3 Yes[50]

Colombia Life + 80 years[51]: Art. 21 80 years from publication (cinematographic works)[51]: Art. 37 Yes[51]: Art. 28

Comoros Berne

Congo, Republic of the Life + 50 years[52] 25 years from creation (photographic work and work of applied art)[52]: Art. 65

Costa Rica Life + 70 years[53]

Côte d'Ivoire Life + 99 years (except posthumous works published within this period)[54]: Art. 45(1) 99 years from publication (photographic or audiovisual works or works of applied art; anonymous or pseudonymous works; posthumous works)[54]: Art. 45(3)(a–c) Yes[54]: Art. 45

Croatia Life + 70 years[55]

Cuba Life + 50 years

Curaçao Life + 50 years[56]

Cyprus Life + 70 years

(EU, WCT)[57]

Czech Republic Life + 70 years[58]: Art. 27(1) 70 years from publication (anonymous works)[58]: Art. 27(3) Yes[58]: Art. 27(7)

Denmark Life + 70 years[59][d]

Dominica Life + 70 years[62]

Dominican Republic Life + 70 years [63]

Ecuador Life + 70 years[64]

Egypt Life + 50 years[65]

El Salvador Life + 50 years[66]

Equatorial Guinea Berne

Eritrea Life + 0 years but at least 50 years since publication, whichever is longer (except posthumous works)[67]: Art. 1653, 1670 50 years since publication (posthumous works)[67]: Art. 1672

Estonia Life + 70 years (EU)[68]: § 38(1) 70 years from publication (anonymous or pseudonymous works)[68]: § 40 Yes[68]: § 43

Ethiopia Life + 50 years[69]

European Union Members Life + 70 years[70]: Art. 1 (1) 70 years from publication or if unpublished 70 years from creation (anonymous works. The terms "shall be calculated from the first day of January of the year following the event which gives rise to them" (art.3).)[70]: Art. 1 (3), (6) Yes[70]: Art. 8 (1)

Fiji Life + 50 years[71]

Finland Life + 70 years[72] 50 years from publication (sound recordings, television broadcasts and sound broadcasts)[73]: Arts. 46, 48 50 years from creation (photographic works)[73]:Art. 49a Yes[73]: Art. 43

Gabon Berne, TRIPS, WCT

Gambia Life + 50 years[76]

Georgia Life + 70 years[77]

Germany Life + 70 years[78] 25 years from first publication or first public performance if copyright has expired before such publication or performance, or if the work has never been protected in Germany and the author died more than 70 years before the first publication[79] Yes[80]

Ghana Life + 70 years[81]

Greece Life + 70 years[f][82]: Arts. 29, 31(3) 70 years from publication (anonymous or pseudonymous works)[82]: Art. 31(1) Yes[82]: Arts. 29, 31

Guatemala Life + 75 years[84]: Art. 43 75 years from publication or if unpublished 75 years from creation (computer programs and collective works; anonymous or pseudonymous works; audiovisual works)[84]: Arts. 44, 45, 47 Yes[84]: Art. 48

Guinea TRIPS, WCT

Guyana Life + 50 years[85]

Honduras Life + 75 years[87] 70 years from publication or, if unpublished within 50 years, 70 years from creation (works of applied art and photographs)[88] Yes[88]

Hong Kong[g] Life + 50 years (literary, dramatic, musical or artistic works with known authorship)[89]: s. 17(2)

Life + 50 years (films)[89]:s. 19[h] 50 years from publication or if unpublished 50 years from creation (literary, dramatic, musical or artistic works with unknown authorship)[89]: s. 17(3)

50 years from publication or if unpublished 50 years from creation (sound recordings)[90]:s. 18

50 years from creation (broadcast); 50 years after programme included in a cable programme service[90]:s. 20

25 years from publication (typographical arrangement of published editions)[90]:s. 21 Yes[90]: s. 17, 18, 20, 21

Hungary Life + 70 years[91]: s. 31(1)(2)

If there are multiple authors, life of last surviving author + 70 years[91]:s. 31(4) 70 years and shall be counted from the first day of the year following the first disclosure of the work in case the person of the author is unknown. However, should the author become known during this period of time, the term of protection shall be counted as the person of the author would have been known.[91]: s. 31(3)

70 years counted from the first day of the year following the first disclosure of a collective work or a cinematographic creation.[91]:s. 31(5)(6)

25 years from the first day of the year following the first disclosure if copyright protection of a scope consistent with the author's economic rights shall be due to the person who, following the expiration of the term of protection or the period of time determined in the term of protection shall be counted from a date other than the first day of the year following the death of the author, the author dying last, or the joint author, discloses according to the law a work previously not disclosed to the public.[91]:s. 31(7), 32

As an exception expressions of folklore themselves do not, however, enjoy copyright protection in Hungary.[91]:s. 1(7) Yes[91]: s. 31(2)

Iceland Life + 70 years[92]

India[93] Life + 60 years (except posthumous works)[i][94]: s. 22 60 years from publication (posthumous works, photographs, cinematograph films, sound recordings, works of public undertakings, and works of international organisations)[94]: ss. 24–27, 28A, 29 Yes[94]: ss. 22, 24–27, 28A, 29

Indonesia 50 years after Publication, Life+70 years[95] 70 years the duration of copyright protection to the author's death for books, musics, etc. 50 years after publication for cinematography, photograph, etc.[95]

Iran Life + 50 years[96] 30 years from publication (photographic or cinematographic works)[97]

Iraq Life + 50 years[98] 5 years from publication (photographic works)[99]

Ireland Life + 70 years[100] Yes

Israel Life + 70 years[101] 50 years from publication (photographs created until May 2007)[102] Yes[103]

Italy Life + 70 years

[Life + 50 years][104]: Art. 25 70 years from publication (anonymous or pseudonymous work)[104]: Art. 27 20 years from publication (copyright of State, the provinces, the communes, the academies or public cultural organizations, or to private legal entities of a non-profit making character) Yes[104]: s. 25, s. 32ter

Jamaica[105] Life + 95 years

Life + 50 years [106]: s. 10(1) 95 years from publication (anonymous or pseudonymous work, work for hire)[106]: s. 10(2), s. 13A

95 years from creation (computer-generated work, broadcast, cable programme)[106]:s. 10(4), 12(1)

95 years from publication or if unpublished 95 years from creation (sound recording or film)[106]:s. 11

50 years from publication (typographical arrangement of a published edition)[106]:s. 13 Yes[106]: s. 10, 11, 12, 13

Japan Life + 70 years[107][108]: Art. 51(2) 70 years from publication, or if unpublished, 70 years from creation (cinematographic works)[108]: Art. 54(1) 50 years from publication, or if unpublished, 50 years from creation (works of a legal person or other corporate body)[108]:Art. 53(1) Yes[108]: Art. 57

Jordan Life + 50 years[109]

Kazakhstan Life + 50 years[110]

Kenya Life + 50 years (literary, musical or artistic work other than photographs)[111]: s. 23(2)1 50 years from the latest of creation or publication (audio-visual works and photographs)[111]: s. 23(2) Yes[111]: s. 23

Kiribati Life + 50 years[76]

Kosovo Life + 70 years[112] 70 years from publication (anonymous or pseudonymous work)

70 years from the death of the last surviving co-author.

70 years after the lawful disclosure of the collective work Yes

Korea, Republic of Life + 70 years (amended on 2011-06-30)[114]: Art. 39 70 years from publication (anonymous or pseudonymous work)[114]: Art. 40

70 years from publication, or if unpublished within 50 years, 70 years from creation (works made for hire, cinematographic works)[114]:Art. 41 Yes[114]: Art. 44

Kyrgyzstan Life + 50 years[116]

Laos Life + 50 years.[j] 50 years after making available. Also:

• Anonymous/pseudonymous work: 50 years from the date the work was made available to the public;

• Cinematographic work: 50 years from making available, failing that, 50 years from making;

• Applied art: 25 years from date of creation.

Related: Performances, phonograms, broadcasts: 50 years since the date of performance, fixation, and broadcast, respectively.

Latvia Life + 70 years[119]: Art. 36

[Life + 50 years][120] 70 years from publication (anonymous or pseudonymous work)[121] Yes[119]: Art. 38

Lebanon Life + 50 years[122] 50 years after lawful publication; failing publication, 50 years after work completion. Also:

• economic rights: 50 years from performance.

• moral rights: perpetual

• broadcasters' rights: 20 years after first broadcasting.[123]

Lesotho Life + 50 years[76]

Liberia Life + 50 years[124]

Libya Life + 25 years with 50-year minimum (as of 1968; may have changed since)

Liechtenstein Life + 70 years

[Life + 50 years][125]

Lithuania Life + 70 years

[Life + 50 years][126]

Luxembourg Life + 70 years

[Life + 50 years][127]

Macau[g] Life + 50 years[128]: Art. 21(1) 50 years from publication (anonymous works)[128]: Art. 23

50 years from publication (audiovisual works)[128]:Art. 106

25 years from completion (works of applied art and photographic works)[128]:Arts. 148 & 155 Yes[128]: Art. 21(3)

Madagascar Life + 70 years[129]

Malawi Life + 50 years[130]

Malaysia[131] Life + 50 years (literary, musical and artistic works, not posthumous)[132]: s. 17(1) 50 years after publication (posthumous work, published edition, film, live performance)[132]: s. 17(2), s. 18, s. 22, s. 23A

50 years after publication or if unpublished 50 years from creation (anonymous, pseudonymous work, sound recording, broadcast, film)[132]:s. 17(3), s. 19

50 years after being made (broadcast)[132]:s. 20 Yes[132]: s. 17(2), (3), s. 18, s. 19, s. 20, s. 22, s. 23A

Maldives Life + 50 years[133]

Mali Life + 50 years[134]

Malta Life + 70 years[135] Yes[135]

Marshall Islands 0, no copyright.[k][136][137] At this stage the Republic of Marshall Islands is not member to any international convention [or treaty] on copyright[138] 0, no copyright.[k]

Mauritania Berne, TRIPS

Mauritius Life + 50 years[139]

Mexico Life + 100 years (effective 23 July 2003 non-retroactively)[140]

[Life + 75 years (before the law change on 23 July 2003, applicable for deaths before 23 July 1928)][141]

[Life + 50 years (before the law change on 1 January 1994, applicable for deaths before 1 January 1944)][142] 75 years from the first fixation of the recording or the first performance/recording of the performance, respectively.

50 years from first publication of the book, the first fixation of the recording, or the first broadcast.

Micronesia Life + 50 years[143]

Moldova Life + 70 years[144]

Monaco Life + 50 years[145]

Mongolia Life + 50 years[146]

Montenegro[l] Life + 70 years[147]

Morocco Life + 50 years[148] 70 years after a work's lawful publication; if no lawful publication has taken place within 50 years of the making, copyright lasts for 70 years after the work's communication to the public; if no lawful communication to the public has taken place within 50 years of the making, copyright lasts for 70 years after the work is made; and moral rights last perpetually. 70 years for Performers' rights, if no lawful publication has taken place within 50 years of the performance, copyright lasts for 70 years after the work's first performance. 70 years for Broadcasters' rights: if no lawful publication has taken place within 50 years of the work's creation, copyright lasts for 70 years after the work's creation.[149]

Mozambique Life + 70 years[150]

Myanmar TRIPS

Namibia Life + 50 years (except posthumous works)[151]: s. 3(2)(a) 50 years from publication (posthumous works)[151]: s. 3(2)(a) 50 years from publication or if unpublished 50 years from creation (cinematograph films, photographs and computer programs)[151]:s. 3(2)(b) Yes[151]: s. 3

Nauru Life + 50 years[152][153]: s. 2(3), s. 3(4) 50 years after publication (sound recordings,[152][153]: s. 12(3) cinematograph films[152][153]: s. 13(3)(b) (except for newsreels, or if registered under the Cinematograph Films Act 1938),[152][153]: Second television and sound broadcasts,[152][153]: s. 14(2) photographs,[152][153]: s. 3(4)(b) engravings,[152][153]: s. 3(4)(a) posthumous literary, dramatic and musical works[152][153]: s. 2(3) and anonymous literary, dramatic and musical works)[152][153]: Second Schedule

25 years after publication (published editions of literary, dramatic or musical works)[152][153]:s. 15(2)

50 years after occurrence of event (newsreels)[152][153]:s. 13(8)

50 years after death of last author to die (works of joint authorship)[152][153]:Third Schedule Yes[152][153]

Nepal Life + 50 years 25 years from creation (applied art and photographic work)[154]

Netherlands Life + 70 years[155] 70 years from publication (anonymous or pseudonymous work, corporate works with no listed natural author)[156]

25 years from publication (works first published more than 70 years after the death of the author)[157] Yes[158]

Caribbean Netherlands Life + 50 years[159]

New Zealand Life + 50 years (literary, dramatic, musical, or artistic work)[160]: s. 22(1) 50 years from creation (computer-generated work)[160]: s. 22(2) Yes[160]: s. 22

Nicaragua Life + 70 years[161]

Niger Life + 50 years[162]

Nigeria Life + 70 years (literary, musical or artistic works other than photographs)[163] 70 years from publication (literary, musical or non-photograph artistic works in the case of government or a body corporate)

50 years from publication (cinematograph films and photographs)

50 years from publication (sound recordings)

50 years from publication (broadcasts)[163] Yes[163]

North Macedonia Life + 70 years[164]

Norway Life + 70 years

Life + 15 years, but no less than 50 years after publication ("«simple» photographs")[165][166] 70 years following the year of death of the author (i.e. an author that died in 1940 will have their works protected until January 1, 2011). In a collective or joint work, this is counted from the death of the longest surviving author. For a motion picture, the following are to be considered authors: main director, scriptwriter, dialogue author, and composer of original musical score. 70 years for anonymous works from the year when the work was created. If such an unpublished work, whose copyright has expired, is then later published, the publisher is entitled for a copyright for 25 years from the year of publication[165] "Norway also has some peculiar laws that protect «simple» photographs. I.e. photographs, such as snapshots, that are below the threshold of originality to merit copyright protection are given neighbouring rights protection. [..] The Norwegian copyright act does not address public domain directly. The Norwegian copyright law defines two basic rights for authors: economic rights and moral rights. [..] For material that is outside the scope of copyright, the phrase «i det fri» («in the free») is used. This corresponds roughly to the term «public domain» in English. Norwegian copyright law makes a distinction between copyright and neighbouring rights. Only creative and artistic works are subject to copyright. Some other types of works are protected by so‐called neighbouring rights."[165] Yes[166]

Oman Life + 70 years[167] 90 years from the year following the publication 120 years from the year following the completion[168] Yes

Pakistan Life + 50 years[169] Yes[169]

Palau Life + 50 years[170]

Panama Life + 50 years[171]

Paraguay Life + 70 years[173]

Peru Life + 70 years[174]

Philippines Life + 50 years[175]: s. 213.1 50 years from publication (photographic works), or 50 years from creation if unpublished within 50 years of creation[175]: s. 213.5 Yes[175]: s. 214

Poland Life + 70 years[176]

Portugal Life + 70 years

[Life + 50 years][177]

Qatar Life + 50 years[178]

Romania Life + 70 years[179]

Russia Life + 70 years[180] Life + 74 years (for those who fought in or worked during the war of 1941–45) Date of rehabilitation + 70 (74) years (for unlawfully prosecuted and posthumously rehabilitated) Protection applies if copyright term of Life + 50 years (or Life + 54 years) did not expire by 1 January 1993.[181] 50 years from publication (radio and television broadcasts)[182]



50 years from creation if unpublished, or 50 years from publication (sound records)[183] 70 years from publication (anonymous works)[180] 70 years from publication if published within 70 years from death (posthumous publication) 70 years from publication if published before 3 August 1993 by a corporation (cinematographic, television, radio works, print periodicals and compilations).[181] Protection term applies to "the whole work" only, i.e. individual authors of each protectable part of the whole work retain their own copyright[184] All copyrights to works published prior to October Revolution (7 November 1917) are believed to be uncopyrighted.

Rwanda Berne, TRIPS

Saint Helena Life + 50 years

St. Vincent and the Grenadines Life + 75 years (literary, dramatic, musical or artistic work)[186] 75 years from publication or if unpublished 50 years from creation (sound recording or film)[186]: s. 9(1)

50 years from creation (computer-generated work)[186]:s. 8(4)

50 years from creation (broadcast); 50 years after programme included in a cable programme service[186]:s. 10(1) Yes[186]: ss. 8–10

Samoa Life + 75 years[187]

San Marino Life + 50 years[188]

Saudi Arabia Life + 50 years[190]

Senegal Life + 70 years[191]

Seychelles Life + 50 years[192] 50 years from publication (audio-visual works)[192]: s. 9(1)(ii), (v) 25 years from creation (applied art)[192]:s. 9(1)(iv) Yes[192]: s. 9(1)

Sierra Leone Life + 50 years[193]: s. 21 50 years from publication (photograph, film, or broadcast)[193]: s. 25 50 years from creation (sound recording)[193]:s. 23

Singapore[194] Life + 70 years (except posthumous work)[195][196]: s. 28(2) 70 years from publication (posthumous work, photograph)[196]: s. 28(3), (6)

70 years from publication (sound recordings and cinematograph films)[196]:s. 92, 93

50 years after making (television broadcasts, sound broadcasts, cable programmes)[196]:s. 94, 95

25 years from publication (published editions of works)[196]:s. 96 Yes[196]: ss. 28, 92–96

Sint Maarten Life + 50 years[56]

Slovakia Life + 70 years[197]

Slovenia Life + 70 years[198]

Solomon Islands Life + 50 years[199]

Somalia Very unclear. See the discussion at Commons.

South Africa Life + 50 years (literary or musical works or artistic works, other than photographs)[200]: s. 3(2)(a) 50 years from publication or if unpublished 50 years from creation (cinematography films, photographs, computer programs)[200]: s. 3(2)(b) 50 years from publication (sound recordings; broadcasts; programme-carrying signals; and published editions)[200]:s. 3(2)(c) Yes[200]: s. 3

Spain Life + 70 years

[Life + 80 years (1879–1987, transitional provision apply[201]), Life + 60 years (1987–94)][202] Yes[202]: Art. 30

Sri Lanka Life + 70 years[203] 70 years from publication or if unpublished 50 years from completion (audiovisual work)[203]

25 years from publication (applied art)[203] Yes[203]

Sudan Life + 50 years[204]: s. 13(2) 25 years from publication (photographic pictures and cinematographic films and other audiovisual works; works published under unknown pseudonym or anonymously)[204]: s. 13(3)(a), (c)

Suriname Life + 50 years[205] 50 years from publication (anonymous or pseudonymous work) (art. 39) Yes

Swaziland Life + 50 years[206]

Sweden Life + 70 years[207] Yes[207]

Switzerland Life + 70 years effective 1 July 1993 non-retroactively, but Life + 50 years for computer programs[208]

[Life + 50 years (before the law change on 1 July 1993, applicable for deaths through 1942)][209] 50 years after performance (performers' rights)[210]: Art. 39 Yes[210]: Art. 32

Syria Life + 50 years[211]: Art. 22 10 years from production (photographic, fine arts or plastic arts)[211]: Art. 25

Taiwan (Republic of China) Life + 50 years (except posthumous works first published 40 to 50 years after death)[212]: Art. 30 50 years from publication (anonymous or pseudonymous work)[212]: Art. 32

50 years from publication; 50 years from creation if unpublished (corporate works; photographic works, audiovisual works, sound recordings, and performances)[212]:Arts. 33, 34

10 years from publication (posthumous works first published 40 to 50 years after death)[212]:Art. 30 Yes[212]: Art. 35

Tanzania Life + 50 years[213]

Thailand Life + 50 years[214] 50 years from publication or 50 years from creation if not published within 50 years from creation

Timor Leste Life + 50 years[215]

Togo Life + 50 years[216]

Tonga Life + 50 years[217]

Tunisia Life + 50 years[219] Authors' rights : economic rights: reproduction right; right of adaptation and translation; public performance right; broadcasting right; right of communication to the public by cable or satellite or any other means; right of communication of a broadcast work in a public place. moral rights: right to claim authorship; right to object modification; right of disclosure; right of withdrawal.

Performers' rights: The law contains no provisions regarding performers.

Broadcasters' rights: The law contains no provisions regarding broadcasters.[220]

Turkey Life + 70 years[221]

Turkmenistan Life + 50 years[222]

Tuvalu Life + 50 years[76]

Uganda TRIPS

Ukraine Life + 70 years

[Life + 50 years (1994–2001)][223] 70 years from publication (anonymous or pseudonymous work)

70 years from publication (published within 30 years from authors' deaths)[223] Yes[223]

United Kingdom Life + 70 years If there are multiple authors, life of last surviving author + 70 years[225]:s. 12 For films, life + 70 years for the last to die of: principal director, author of screenplay, author of dialogue, or composer of music specifically created for and used in the film.[225]:s. 13B 70 years if the author is unknown 70 years after release; if not released, 70 years after making (sound recordings).[226] Recordings which entered the public domain prior to January 1, 2013 are not retroactively covered. 50 years from end of calendar year when the broadcast was first made (broadcasts)[225]:s. 14 Yes[225]: s. 12, 13

United States[227] Life + 70 years (works published since 1978 or unpublished works)[228] 95 years from publication or 120 years from creation whichever is shorter (anonymous works, pseudonymous works, or works made for hire, published since 1978)[229] 95 years from publication for works published 1964–77; 28 (if copyright not renewed) or 95 years from publication for works published 1924–63 (Copyrights prior to 1924 have expired, not including copyrights on sound recordings fixed prior to February 15, 1972, covered only under state laws.)[230] Yes[231]

Universal Copyright Convention minimum terms Life + 25 years (general works)[232] 25 years from publication (specific works not based on authors' deaths)[232] 10 years (photographic works or to works of applied art)[233]

Uruguay Life + 50 years[234] 50 years after the work is made available (anonymous and pseudonymous works)[235] 50 years from publication (collective works)[235] Yes[235]

Uzbekistan Life + 50 years[236]

Vanuatu Life + 50 years[237] 25 years after the work is made (works of applied art)[237]

50 years after the latest of: the date the work is made, the date the work is made available to the public or the date of first publication (works published anonymously or under a pseudonym, collective works and audiovisual works)[237]

50 years after the death of the last author to die (works of joint authorship)[237] Yes[237]

Vatican City Life + 70 years[238]

Venezuela Life + 60 years[239]: Art. 25 60 years from publication; 60 years from creation if unpublished (an audiovisual work, a broadcast work or a computer program)[239]: Art. 37 60 years from publication (anonymous or pseudonymous work)[239]:Art. 27 Yes[239]: Arts. 25–27

Vietnam Berne

Yemen Life + 30 years 10 years from the date of issue from January 1 of the year of issue for photographs; 25 years from the date of production from January 1 of the production year for motion picture or television film.[240] After expiry of copyright, the work "may be announced to be the ownership of the State" (emphasis added).[240]

Zambia Life + 50 years[241]