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Copyright Act — Article 39 (Principles of copyright term)

저작권법 제39조

(1) The author’s economic rights to a work shall continue to subsist during the lifetime of an author and until the end of a period of 70 years after the death of the author, unless otherwise provided in this Sub-section. <Amended on Jun. 30, 2011>

(2) The author’s economic rights to a joint work shall continue to subsist for a period of 70 years after the death of the last surviving co-author. <Amended on Jun. 30, 2011>

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