Copyrights

Term of protection

In Switzerland copyright protection expires 70 years after the death of the author with the exception of computer programs, the protection of which ends 50 years after the death of the author.

Related rights protection expires 50 years after the performer?s performance, the publication of the phonogram or videogram (or the production of it, in the case that it is not published) or the emission of the broadcast. The rights of a performing artist to be named as performer ends upon his or her death, or 50 years after the performance, at the earliest.