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! Country
! Copyright length
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| Albania
| life + 70
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| Algeria
| life + 50
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| Andorra
| life + 70
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| Angola
| life + 50
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| Argentina
| life + 70
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| Armenia
| life + 50
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| Aruba
| unknown
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| Australia
| life + 50 if author died before 1955, otherwise life + 70
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| Austria
| life + 70
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| Azerbaijan
| life + 50
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| Bahrain
| life + 50
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| Bangladesh
| life + 50
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| Barbados
| life + 50
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| Belarus
| life + 50
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| Belgium
| life + 70
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| Belize
| life + 50
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| Benin
| life + 50
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| Bhutan
| life + 50
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| Bolivia
| life + 50
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| Bosnia and Herzegovina
| life + 70
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| Brazil
|
*life + 70 for known authors<ref>[http://www.wipo.int/clea/docs_new/en/br/br002en.html Law No. 9610 of February 19, 1998, on Copyright and Neighboring Rights], article 41</ref>
*first publication + 70 for anonymous or pseudonymous works (only if the author doesn't make his identity known before the expiry)<ref>[http://www.wipo.int/clea/docs_new/en/br/br002en.html Law No. 9610 of February 19, 1998, on Copyright and Neighboring Rights], article 43</ref>
*first publication + 70 for audiovisual and photographic works<ref>[http://www.wipo.int/clea/docs_new/en/br/br002en.html Law No. 9610 of February 19, 1998, on Copyright and Neighboring Rights], article 44</ref>, phonograms and transmission for the broadcasts of broadcasting organizations<ref>[http://www.wipo.int/clea/docs_new/en/br/br002en.html Law No. 9610 of February 19, 1998, on Copyright and Neighboring Rights], article 96</ref>
*texts of treaties or conventions, laws, decrees, regulations, judicial decisions and other official enactments shall be excluded from copyright protection<ref>[http://www.wipo.int/clea/docs_new/en/br/br002en.html Law No. 9610 of February 19, 1998, on Copyright and Neighboring Rights], article 8</ref>
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| Brunei
| life + 50
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| Bulgaria
| life + 70
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| Burkina Faso
| life + 50
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| Burundi
| life + 50
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| Cambodia
| life + 50
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| Cameroon
| life + 50
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| Canada
| life + 50
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| Cape Verde
| life + 50
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| Chile
| life + 50
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| China
| life + 50
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| Colombia
| life + 80
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| Costa Rica
| life + 70
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| Cote d'Ivoire
| life + 99
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| Croatia
| life + 50 if author died before 1949<ref>[http://www.nn.hr/sluzbeni-list/sluzbeni/index.asp NN 1999/9 Zakon o autorskom pravu (pročišćeni tekst)] old law life +50</ref>, otherwise life + 70 <ref>[http://www.nn.hr/sluzbeni-list/sluzbeni/index.asp NN 1999/76 Zakon o izmjenama i dopunama Zakona o autorskom pravu] change from life +50 to life +70</ref><ref>[http://www.nn.hr/clanci/sluzbeno/2003/2399.htm Zakon o autorskom pravu i srodnim pravima (valid law)]</ref>
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| Cuba
| life + 50
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| Czech Republic
| life + 70
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| Denmark
| life + 70
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| Djibouti
| life + 25
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| Dominica
| life + 70
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| Dominican Republic
| life + 50
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| Ecuador
| life + 70
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| Egypt
| life + 50
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| El Salvador
| life + 50
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| Estonia
| life + 70
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| European Union
| life + 70
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| Fiji
| life + 50
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| Finland
| life + 70
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| France
| life + 70
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| Georgia
| life + 50
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| Germany
| life + 70
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| Ghana
| life + 70
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| Greece
| life + 70
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| Guatemala
| life + 75
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| Honduras
| life + 75
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| Hong Kong
| life + 50
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| Hungary
| life + 70
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| Iceland
| life + 70
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| India
| life + 60 for literary or musical works or artistic works, publication + 60 for others<ref>[http://copyright.gov.in/Documents/handbook.html ''A Hand Book of Copyright Law''], Government of India Ministry of Human Resource Development</ref>.
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| Indonesia
| life + 50
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| Iran
| life + 30
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| Iraq
| life + 50 (imposed by occupying provisional authority)
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| Ireland
| life + 70
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| Israel
| life + 70
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| Italy
| life + 70
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| Jamaica
| life + 50
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| Japan
| life + 50 (publication + 70 years for motion pictures)
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| Jordan
| life + 50
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| Kazakhstan
| life + 50
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| Kenya
| life + 50
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| Korea (South)
| life + 50
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| Kuwait
| life + 50
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| Kyrgyzstan
| life + 50
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| Latvia
| life + 70
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| Lebanon
| life + 50
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| Libya
| life + 25, with 50-year minimum (as of 1968; may have changed since)
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| Liechtenstein
| life + 70
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| Lithuania
| life + 70
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| Luxembourg
| life + 70
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| Macao
| life + 50
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| Madagascar
| life + 70
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| Malaysia
| life + 50
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| Maldives
| none
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| Mali
| life + 50
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| Malta
| life + 70
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| Marshall Islands
| none
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| Mauritius
| life + 50
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| Mexico
| life + 100
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| Moldova
| life + 50
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| Mongolia
| life + 50
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| Montenegro
| life + 70
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| Morocco
| life + 50
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| Namibia
| life + 50
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| The Netherlands
| life + 70
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| New Zealand
| life + 50
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| Nicaragua
| life + 70
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| Niger
| life + 50
According to Ch. II, Art. 6 of the Nigerien copyright law, items not protected are:
* official texts of legislative, administrative or judiciary nature, or official translations of such texts,
* current news items,
* single facts and statements.
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| Nigeria
| Life + 70
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| Norway
| life + 70
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| Oman
| life + 50
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| Pakistan
| life + 50
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| Palau
| life + 50
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| Panama
| life + 50
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| Papua New Guinea
| life + 50
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| Paraguay
| life + 70
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| Peru
| life + 70
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| Philippines
| life + 50
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| Poland
| life + 70
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| Portugal
| life + 70
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| Qatar
| life + 50
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| Romania
| life + 70
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| Russia
| life + 70(74) (life + 50(54) for works whose copyright expired before January 1, 2004)<ref>[http://www.copyright.ru/details-1449.html copyright.ru] (Russian)</ref>
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| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
| life + 50
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| Samoa
| Life + 75
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| Saudi Arabia
| life + 50
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| Serbia
| life + 70
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| Seychelles
| life + 25
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| Singapore
| life + 70
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| Slovakia
| life + 70
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| Slovenia
| life + 70
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| Solomon Islands
| life + 50
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| South Africa
| life + 50
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| Spain
| life + 80 if author died before December 07, 1987<ref>[http://eulc.eu/normativa/RDleg/1/1996/DT4 Disposición transitoria cuarta. Autores fallecidos antes del 7 de diciembre de 1987. Ley de propiedad intelectual]</ref>, otherwise life + 70 <ref>[http://noticias.juridicas.com/base_datos/Admin/rdleg1-1996.l1t3.html Artículo 26. Ley de propiedad intelectual]</ref>
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| Sudan
| life + 50
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| Swaziland
| life + 50
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| Sweden
| life + 70
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| Switzerland
| life + 70
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| Syria
| life + 50
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| Taiwan
| life + 50
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| Tajikistan
| life + 50
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| Tanzania
| life + 50
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| Thailand
| life + 50
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| Togo
| life + 50
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| Tonga
| life + 50
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| Trinidad and Tobago
| life + 50
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| Tunisia
| life + 50
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| Turkey
| life + 70
|-
| United Arab Emirates
| life + 50
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| United States of America
| expired for works published before 1923; 28 or 95 years for works copyrighted 1923-1963; 95 years for works copyrighted 1964-1977; thereafter life+70.
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| Uruguay
| life + 50
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| Uzbekistan
| life + 50
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| Venezuela
| life + 60
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| Vietnam
| life + 50
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| Yemen
| life + 30
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| Zambia
| life + 50
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| Zimbabwe
| life + 50
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