Intellectual Property Code
Section 215. Term of Protection for Performers, Producers and Broadcasting Organizations. - 215.1. The rights granted to performers and producers of sound recordings under this law shall expire:
(a) For performances not incorporated in recordings, fifty (50) years from the end of the year in which the performance took place; and
(b) For sound or image and sound recordings and for performances incorporated therein, fifty (50) years from the end of the year in which the recording took place.
215.2. In case of broadcasts, the term shall be twenty (20) years from the date the broadcast took place. The extended term shall be applied only to old works with subsisting protection under the prior law. (Sec. 55, P.D. No. 49a)