Copyrights

Copyrights

1. What is the name and legal nature of the agency in charge In your country of registrar or register the copyright?

   • The National Copyright Directorate is a state agency Colombian, which has the legal structure of a Unit Special Administrative attached to the Ministry of Interior and Justice.

2. What are the consequences of registration?

   • In this regard, article 4 of Law 44 of 1993 states: “The registration of works and acts subject to the formalities of the article Previous is intended: a) Publicize the right of the owners and the acts and contracts that transfer or change that domain protected by law; b) Give guarantee of authenticity and security to the rights titles of author and related rights and the acts and documents that they refer ”.

3. What are the mandatory elements of the registration request or inscription?

   • Article 8 of Decree 460 of 1995 states: “To carry out the Registration in the National Copyright Registry of the works literary and artistic, the interested party must fill out the formats prepared for this purpose by the Special Administrative Unit - Management National Copyright, in which the following will be recorded information:
     • The name, nationality, identification and residence document habitual of the author or authors of the work, as well as the date of death and pseudonym if applicable.
     • Title of the work and the previous ones, if you had them
     • Indicate if the work is unpublished or edited, original or derived, individual or collective, in collaboration, a translation, and in general any character that can report
     • Year of creation
     • Name, nationality, identification document and address habitual of the applicant, stating if he acts in his own name or as representative of another, in which case you must accompany the proof of your representation
       • In the event of registering an owner of the economic rights different from the author, his name or company name must be mentioned, according to the case, accrediting the document by which he acquired such rights

4. Is it necessary to pay a registration or registration fee?

   • The procedure is carried out before the National Copyright Directorate, Registration Office and it is completely free.

5. How long does it take, on average, to complete the process of registration or registration?

   • The time to respond to the registration request is 15 days in accordance with the provisions of article 6 of the Code Contentious Colombian Administrative.