– Law on Copyright and Related Rights, in force since May 3, 2003.

– Universal Copyright Convention, since October 13, 2004.
– WTO's TRIPS Agreement, since October 13, 2004.
– Beijing Treaty on Audiovisual Performances, since April 28, 2020.
– Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works, since March 9, 2022.

Registration is not required for owners of an original work. Copyright protection is automatic and free from the moment a work is created. However, registration is possible, but is purely voluntary and the Law specifies no particular benefits to registration. 

Duration: (a) for a sole author: the lifetime of the author, plus 50 years after his death; (b) for multiple authors: lifetime of the last surviving author plus 50 years after his death; (c) for published anonymous, pseudonymous, collective, audiovisual, and posthumous works, published within fifty years of their creation: 75 years from the end of the calendar year of the year of publication; (d) for anonymous, pseudonymous, collective, audiovisual, and posthumous works which have not been published within fifty years of their creation: 100 years from the end of the calendar year of their creation.

Authority name: Department of Copyright and Related Rights, Ministry of Culture and Fine Arts. 

Internet address: www.mcfa.gov.kh