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Article 51General Terms of Protection

第五十一条(保護期間の原則)

The duration of copyright begins at the time the work is created.

著作権の存続期間は、著作物の創作の時に始まる。

Unless otherwise specified in this Section, a copyright subsists for a period of 70 years after the death of the author (or the death of the last surviving co-author, for a joint work; the same applies in paragraph (1) of the following Article).

著作権は、この節に別段の定めがある場合を除き、著作者の死後(共同著作物にあつては、最終に死亡した著作者の死後。次条第一項において同じ。)七十年を経過するまでの間、存続する。

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