Copyright Logo — The copyright is a set of legal rules and principles governing moral rights and property that the law grants to the authors (the copyright ), by the mere fact of creating a work literary , artistic , musical , scientific or didactic, is published or unpublished. Is recognized as one of the fundamental human rights in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights . In the common law uses the notion of copyright (literally translated as “copyright”) which, generally, comprises the assets of copyright ( economic rights ).
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A work falls into the public domain when the economic rights have expired. This is usually a period elapsed since the death of the author ( post mortem auctoris ). The minimum term, worldwide, is 50 years and is established in the Berne Convention . Many countries have extended that term broadly. For example, in European law , is 70 years since the death of the author. Once this time, this work can then be used freely, respecting the moral rights . More