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The purpose of copyright registration is to place on record a verifiable account of the date and content of the work in question, so that in the event of a legal claim, or case of infringement or plagiarism, the copyright owner can produce a copy of the work from an official government source.
The Norwegian copyright act does not address public domain directly. The Norwegian copyright law defines two basic rights for authors: economic rights and moral rights. [..] For material that is outside the scope of copyright, the phrase «i det fri» («in the free») is used. This corresponds roughly to the term «public domain» in English.
In response to their efforts, the 1908 Berlin text of the Berne Convention forbade treaty signatories from conditioning copyright on formalities, [1] shifting copyright from a system of application (registration) to automatic copyright on fixation.
Map of current ARIPO members in blue, nations with observer status in green. [needs update]The African Regional Intellectual Property Organization (ARIPO), formerly African Regional Industrial Property Organization, is an intergovernmental organization for cooperation among African states in patent and other intellectual property matters.
Société des auteurs et compositeurs dramatiques (SACD); Société des auteurs, compositeurs et éditeurs de musique (SACEM) English: Society of Authors, Composers, and Music Editors
The Media Council of Kenya [1] is an independent national institution established by the Media Act, of 2004 as the leading institution in the regulation of media and the conduct and discipline of journalists in Kenya.
In addition to these treaties, the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) is a multilateral treaty governing multiple aspects of intellectual property, including copyright. As of February 2012 [update] , ACTA has been signed by 31 countries, but only ratified by Japan. [ 10 ]