Illustration of 70 year expire of Danish Copyright (da: <i><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ophavsret" class="extiw" title="da:Ophavsret">ophavsret</a></i>) §63. The author died in 1959 (red). Counting from the first year after the artist's death, his works stay protected by copyright for 70 complete years (yellow, in this example 1 January 1960 - 31 December 2029). Copyright expires on 1 January after the 70 complete years <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Post_mortem_auctoris" class="extiw" title="w:Post mortem auctoris">(p.m.a.)</a> have passed, i.e. on 1 January 2030, where the artist's works become ineglible for copyright (green).<br>Updated from <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:DK_ophavsrets_udl%C3%B8b.svg" title="File:DK ophavsrets udløb.svg">File:DK ophavsrets udløb.svg</a> for <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Little_Mermaid_(statue)" class="extiw" title="en:The Little Mermaid (statue)">The Little Mermaid</a>.
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