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Copyright Act — Article 49 (Expiry of author’s economic rights)

저작권법 제49조

Author’s economic rights shall expire in any of the following cases:

1. Where, after the author’s death without heir, author’s economic rights is attributed to the State according to provisions of the Civil Act and other Acts;

2. Where, after the dissolution of a legal person or an organization who is the holder of author’s economic rights, author’s economic rights are attributed to the State according to the provisions of the Civil Act and other Acts.

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