Time specifies when the protection period of photographic works is.

The protection period of photographic works begins with the author's life. According to the relevant regulations, the protection period of natural person's works, such as publishing rights, is 50 years before and after the author's death, ending at 65438+February 3 1 day in the 50th year after the author's death.

legal ground

/kloc-Article 22 of the Copyright Law of People's Republic of China (PRC), which came into effect on June 0.

The term of protection of the author's right of authorship, modification and protection of the integrity of the work is unlimited.

Article 23

The term of protection of a natural person's work, the right of publication and the rights stipulated in Item (5) to Item (17) of Paragraph 1 of Article 10 of this Law shall be the author's life and fifty years after his death, ending at 65438+February 3 1 day in the fiftieth year after his death; If it is a cooperative work, the deadline is 65438+February 3 1 50 years after the death of the last dead author.

For audio-visual works, the protection period of the right of publication is fifty years, ending on 65438+February 3 1 day in the fiftieth year after the creation of the works; The term of protection of the rights specified in Item 5 to Item 17 of Paragraph 1 of Article 10 of this Law is fifty years, ending at 65438+February 3 1 day in the fiftieth year after the first publication of the work. However, if the work is not published within 50 years after the creation is completed, this law will no longer protect it.