Art. 29 CopA from 2022

Art. 29 Term of Protection In general
1 A work is protected by copyright as soon as it is created, irrespective of whether it has been fixed on a physical medium.
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3 Where it is has to be assumed that the author has been dead for more than 50 or 70 years (2) respectively, protection no longer applies.
4 Articles 30 and 31 do not apply to photographic depictions and depictions of three-dimensional objects produced by a process similar to that of photography if the depictions do not have individual character. (1)
(1) (3)(2) Revised by the Federal Assembly Drafting Committee (Art. 58 para. 1 ParlA; SR 171.10).
(3) Inserted by No I of the FA of 27 Sept. 2019, in force since 1 April 2020 (AS 2020 1003; BBl 2018 591).
Es besteht kein Anspruch auf Aktualität und Vollständigkeit/Richtigkeit.