The article 17º states that "Every author or inventor is the exclusive owner of his work, invention or discovery, for the term granted by law".
[2] Juan Bautista Alberdi intended for the copyright term to be indefinite, but during the writing of the Constitution it was decided to give a time limit, as done in Chile and the United States.
For example, there was a trial about an unauthorized edition of José Hernández's Martín Fierro, where the civil justice of Buenos Aires considered the 17º article fully operative.
For most works, copyright lasts for the lifetime of the author, plus 70 years after the January 1 following his or her death (Art.
[4] (Pseudo-)Anonymous works belonging to institutions, corporations, or legal entities are protected for 50 years after publication (Art.