Article 28. Term of validity of copyright Law on Copyright and Related Rights
1. Copyright is valid for the entire life of the author and seventy years after his death.
2. The right of authorship, the right to a name and the right to protect the reputation of the author are protected indefinitely.
3. Excluded by the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 07/10/2009 No. 179-IV (for the procedure of entry into force, see art. 2).
4. Copyright in a work published anonymously or under a pseudonym is valid for seventy years after the date of its lawful publication. If, within the specified period, the author of a work published anonymously or under a pseudonym reveals his identity or his identity leaves no further doubt, the provision of paragraph 1 of this article shall apply.
5. The copyright to a co-authored work is valid for the entire life and seventy years after the death of the last author who outlived other co-authors.
6. Copyright in a work first published within thirty years after the death of the author is valid for seventy years after its publication, counting from the first of January of the year following the publication of the work.
7. If the author was repressed and rehabilitated posthumously, the term of protection of rights provided for in this article begins to apply from January 1 of the year following the year of rehabilitation.
8. The calculation of the time limits provided for in this article begins on the first of January of the year following the year in which the legal fact took place, which is the basis for the beginning of the term.
9. When granting protection to a work in accordance with international treaties ratified by the Republic of Kazakhstan, the term of validity of copyright may not exceed the period established in the country of origin of the work, in accordance with paragraph 4 of Article 5 of this Law.
The time limits provided for in this article shall apply in all cases where the legal fact that is the basis for the beginning of the term took place not earlier than seventy years before the entry into force of this Law.
The Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated June 10, 1996 No. 6-I.
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