The term of protection for the right to publish an author's literary work is the entire life of the author, right?
According to Clause 3, Article 19 Intellectual Property Law 2005, as amended by clause 5 of Article 1 Amended Intellectual Property Law 2022 The right to publish a work is one of the author's moral rights:
Personal rights
Personal rights include:
1. Name the work.
The author has the right to transfer the right to use the right to name the work to the organization or individual receiving the transfer of property rights specified in Clause 1, Article 20 of this Law;
2. Put your real name or pseudonym on the work; be given your real name or pseudonym when the work is published or used;
3. Publish the work or allow others to publish the work;
4. Protect the integrity of the work to prevent others from distorting it; Do not allow others to modify or mutilate the work in any form that harms the author's honor and reputation.
The right to publish an author's literary work will have a term of protection specified in Clause 2, Article 27 Intellectual Property Law 2005, as amended by clause 8 of Article 1 Intellectual Property Law amended 2009 as follows:
Term of copyright protection
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2. Personal rights specified in Clause 3, Article 19 and property rights specified in Article 20 of this Law have the following protection period:
a) Cinematographic works, photographic works, applied arts, and anonymous works have a protection period of seventy-five years, from the time the work is first published; For works of cinematography, photography, or applied arts that have not been published for a period of twenty-five years from the time the work was fixed, the term of protection is one hundred years from the time the work was created. shape; For anonymous works, when information about the author appears, the protection period is calculated according to the provisions of Point b of this Clause;
b) Works other than those specified in Point a of this Clause have a term of protection that is the entire life of the author and fifty years following the year of the author's death; In case a work has a co-author, the term of protection ends in the fiftieth year after the year the last co-author dies;
c) The protection term specified in Points a and b of this Clause ends at 24:00 on December 31 of the year the copyright protection term expires.
According to the above regulations, the term of protection of the right to publish an author's literary work is throughout the author's life and fifty years following the year of the author's death.
In case a work has a co-author, the term of protection ends in the fiftieth year after the year the last co-author dies.