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Federal Act on Copyright and Related Rights
(Copyright Act, CopA)

English is not an official language of the Swiss Confederation. This translation is provided for information purposes only and has no legal force.

of 9 October 1992 (Status as of 1 January 2022)

Art. 39 Term of protection

1 Pro­tec­tion be­gins with the per­form­ance of the work or of the ex­pres­sion of folk­lore by the per­formers, with the pub­lic­a­tion of the phono­gram or au­dio-visu­al fix­a­tion, or with its pro­duc­tion if it is not pub­lished, it ends after 70 years. Pro­tec­tion of a broad­cast be­gins with its trans­mis­sion; it ends after 50 years or with the trans­mis­sion of the broad­cast; it ends after 50 years.42

1bis The right to re­cog­ni­tion as a per­former un­der Art­icle 33apara­graph1 ex­pires on the death of the per­former, but not be­fore the term of pro­tec­tion un­der para­graph 1 ex­pires.43

2 The term of pro­tec­tion is cal­cu­lated from 31 Decem­ber of the year in which the event de­term­in­ing the cal­cu­la­tion oc­curred.

42 Amended by No I of the FA of 27 Sept. 2019, in force since 1 April 2020 (AS 2020 1003; BBl 2018 591).

43 In­ser­ted by Art. 2 of the FD of 5 Oct. 2007, in force since 1 Ju­ly 2008 (AS 2008 2497; BBl 20063389).