How many years can copyright be inherited?

How many years can copyright be inherited? A citizen's copyright is an exclusive right, and his personal rights, such as the right of signature and modification, can only be owned by the copyright owner, and cannot be included in the inheritance or inherited. However, property rights in individual copyright, such as remuneration for works, publishing, adaptation and performance of works, can be included in inheritance. When a legal person or entity without legal personality is the copyright owner, its property right does not belong to individual citizens, nor can it be inherited as an inheritance. Inheriting copyright means that during the copyright protection period, that is, within 50 years after the author's death, before his death, the heir can inherit the right to use, publish, copy and distribute the decedent's works and get the right to remuneration. The so-called patent right refers to the exclusive right to use and dispose of a patented invention or design by the patentee. Patents include invention patents, utility model patents and design patents. Inheriting the patent right means that during the protection period of the patent right, the term of the invention patent right is 20 years, and the term of the utility model patent right and the design patent right is 10 years, all of which are calculated from the date of application, and inherit the property right, such as the right to license others to use the patent right and collect royalties. Personal rights, such as patent signature rights, are not within the scope of inheritance. Can be inherited. Article 19 of the Copyright Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) has provisions. Article 19 If the copyright belongs to a citizen, after the death of the citizen, his rights specified in Items (5) to (17) of the first paragraph of Article 10 of this Law shall be transferred in accordance with the provisions of the Civil Code within the protection period specified in this Law. If the copyright belongs to a legal person or other organization, after the legal person or other organization changes or terminates, the rights specified in Items (5) to (17) of the first paragraph of Article 127 of this Law shall be enjoyed by the legal person or other organization that undertakes its rights and obligations within the protection period specified in this Law; If there is no legal person or other organization that undertakes its rights and obligations, it shall be enjoyed by the state. Section 3 Duration of Protection of Rights Article 142 The duration of protection of an author's right of authorship, right of revision and right of protecting the integrity of a work is unlimited. Article 114 The term of protection of a citizen's right of publication and the rights specified in Items (5) to (17) of the first paragraph of Article 112 of this Law shall be the author's life and 50 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. The part of citizens' copyright that belongs to personal rights cannot be inherited, but the benefits brought by copyright, such as economic benefits, can be inherited. Because of the particularity of copyright works, inheritance also has a certain period. Generally speaking, the time of inheritance is within 50 years after the author's death.