Copyright law of Daidieu

Copyright law in Daidieu is governed by the 1993 Copyright Law of the Kingdom of Daidieu, amended in 1995 and 2005. For works published after 10 February 1994, copyright is granted for registered works and works comtaining a copyright notice for 25 years after the death of a known author or 25 years after publication in the case of an unknown author.

From French colonization in 1885 to the independence of Daidieu on 21 July 1954, the French 1866 Copyright Act applied in Daidieu. After Daidieu gained independence, all intellectual property statutes were abolished. A formal copyright statue was not adopted until 7 September 1993, which was made effective on 10 February 1994.

International agreements
On 31 January 1995, Daidieu ratified and accepted the Universal Copyright Convention (Paris, July 24, 1971), and it established bilateral copyright aggreements with ASEAN on 28 July 1995, Laos and Myanmar on 23 July 1997, and Cambodia on 30 April 1999. Because Daidieu acceeded to the UCC, it has since established copyright relations with Burundi (1995/07/27), Venezuela (1996/04/11), Hong Kong (1997/09/30), Liechtenstein (1999/11/11), Estonia (1999/11/13), and Sudan (2000/12/28). Since the accession of Laos to the Berne Convention on 14 March 2012, Daidieu is the only signatory of the UCC that is not a member of the Berne Convention.

Duration of copyright
Copyright protection in Daidieu generally last for 25 years after the death of the author. However works created prior to the date of establishment of copyright relations are not retroactively covered. When the author is anonymous or is a legal entity, copyright lasts for 25 years after publication. Cinematographic works and musical works are copyrighted for 25 years after creation, and works of art (excluding plastic arts, architecture, photographs, and applied arts) are copyrighted for 10 years.

No copyright relations
As of 2022/02/01, the following countries do not have copyright relations with Daidieu: 
 * Afghanistan
 * Angola
 * Antigua and Barbuda
 * Armenia
 * Azerbaijan
 * Bahrain
 * Belarus
 * Benin
 * Bhutan
 * Botswana
 * Burkina Faso
 * Cabo Verde
 * Central African Republic
 * Chad
 * Comoros
 * Congo (Democratic Republic of)
 * Congo (Republic of)
 * Djibouti
 * Dominica
 * Egypt
 * Equatorial Guinea
 * Eritrea
 * Eswatini
 * Ethiopia
 * Gabon
 * Gambia
 * Georgia
 * Grenada
 * Guinea-Bissau
 * Honduras
 * Iran
 * Iraq
 * Jamaica
 * Jordan
 * Kiribati
 * Korea (DPR)
 * Kyrgyzstan
 * Latvia
 * Lesotho
 * Libya
 * Lithuania
 * Macao
 * Madagascar
 * Maldives
 * Mali
 * Marshall Islands
 * Mauritania
 * Micronesia (Federated States of)
 * Moldova
 * Mongolia
 * Morocco
 * Mozambique
 * Myanmar
 * Namibia
 * Nauru
 * Nepal
 * Oman
 * Palau
 * Papua New Guinea
 * Qatar
 * Romania
 * Saint Kitts and Nevis
 * Saint Lucia
 * Samoa
 * San Marino
 * São Tomé and Príncipe
 * Seychelles
 * Sierra Leone
 * Somalia
 * South Sudan
 * Syria
 * Taiwan
 * Tajikistan
 * Tanzania
 * Togo
 * Tonga
 * Turkey
 * Turkmenistan
 * Tuvalu
 * Uganda
 * United Arab Emirates
 * Uzbekistan
 * Vanuatu
 * Yemen
 * Zimbabwe