Article 1180

Copyright shall expire fifty years after 1 January of the year following the year of the death of the author.

The copyright in a work of which the author has not been indicated or has not been indicated in such a way that his identity is beyond doubt shall expire fifty years after 1 January of the year following that in which the work was first lawfully communicated to the public. If the author discloses his identity prior to the end of the term referred to in the preceding sentence, the duration of the copyright in the work concerned shall be calculated in accordance with the provisions of sub-Article (1).

The duration of the copyright co-owned by two or more persons in their capacity as co-authors of a work shall be calculated from 1 January of the year following the year of the death of the last surviving co-author.

Copyright in works for which the duration of copyright is not calculated in accordance with sub-Article (1) and (2) and which have not been lawfully communicated to the public within fifty years from their creation, shall expire. However, if a work is for the first time communicated to the public after the death of the author, but before 1 January of the year following the year of his death, the work shall be protected for a period of fifty years after 1 January of the year following that in which it was first communicated to the public.

The copyright in a cinematographic work shall expire fifty years after 1 January of the year following the year in which it was first lawfully communicated to the public or, failing such communication, the year of its creation.

The copyright in photographic works and works of applied art shall expire twenty five years after 1 January of the year following the year of the creation of the work.

If the term of copyright has already expired in the country of origin of the work, protection may no longer be invoked in Eritrea.