Copyright protection does not continue indefinitely. It begins from the moment the work is created and (in most cases placed in a tangible medium) and generally continues for a limited period of time after the death of the work’s creator. Under the Berne Convention (to which all EU Member States are parties), copyright protection extends for the life of the creator plus “not less than fifty years after his/her death. In both the US and the EU, copyright protection lasts seventy years after the death of the work’s creator.
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