The economic rights in a work subject to the copyright regime of Cameroon shall be protected during the lifetime of the author and for seventy years after his death.
The moral rights shall be without limit in time. After the expiry of protection of the economic rights, the national collective rights administration body in accordance with Article 60 of the law shall be entitled to ensure compliance with the moral rights for the benefit of the authors.
TERM OF PROTECTION FOR WORKS OF JOINT AUTHORSHIP
The economic rights in a work of joint authorship shall be protected during the lifetime of the last surviving author and for seventy years after his death.
TERM OF PROTECTION FOR ANONYMOUS AND PSEUDONYMOUS WORKS
The economic rights in a work published anonymously or under a pseudonym shall be protected until the expiry of a period of seventy years as from the end of the calendar year in which such work has been lawfully published for the first time or, failing such event occurring during the seventy years following the making of the work, seventy years as from the end of the calendar year in which such work has been lawfully made accessible to the public or, failing such event occurring during the seventy years following the making of the work, seventy years as from the end of the calendar year of its making, except where, prior to the expiry of such periods, the identity of the author is disclosed or leaves no doubt.
TERM OF PROTECTION FOR COLLECTIVE AND AUDIOVISUAL WORKS
The economic rights in a collective work or in an audio-visual work shall be protected until the expiry of a period of seventy years as from the end of the calendar year in which such work has been lawfully published for the first time or, failing such event occurring during the period of seventy years as from the making of the work, seventy years as from the end of the calendar year in which such work has been made accessible to the public or, failing such event occurring during the period of seventy years as from the making of the work, seventy years as from the end of the calendar year of its making.
TERM OF PROTECTION FOR WORKS OF APPLIED ART
The economic rights in a work of applied art shall be protected until the expiry of a period of 25 years as from the making of such work.
CALCULATION OF TERMS
Each time limit shall expire at the end of the calendar year during which it would normally lapse.