Straight From author

Straight From author

1. Copyright Law contemplates the protection of authors, artists and other creators for his literary and artistic creations, generally referred to as "works." “Related rights” constitute a closely related field with copyright and encompass similar or identical rights to that this one contemplates, although sometimes more limited and shorter. The beneficiaries of the rights

   • the performers and performers (namely actors and the musicians), who have rights over their interpretations or executions;
   • phonogram producers (for example, compact discs), who have rights over their sound recordings
   • broadcasting organizations, who have rights over its radio programs and of TV.

2. Among the works covered by the copyright should be noted following: novels, poems, works theater, reference documents, newspapers, advertisements, programs What are the Copyright and the rights connected? computer, databases, movies, musical compositions, choreographies, paintings, drawings, photographs, works sculptural, architectural works, maps and technical drawings.

3. The creators of protected works by copyright and his heirs and right holders (usually called “holders of rights ”) enjoy certain rights basic under copyright, namely, the exclusive right to use the work, or authorize third parties to use it, depending on the conditions agreed. The holder or holders of a work may authorize or prohibit

   • its reproduction under all forms, including publication printed and sound recording
   • its interpretation or execution public as well as
   • its reproduction under all forms, including publication printed and sound recording ; its interpretation or execution public as well as its communication to the public; its broadcasting
   • its translation into other languages
   • its adaptation, as in the case of a novel adapted in a film script

4. Copyright protection and related rights you get automatically without needing register or comply with others formalities. However, in many countries there are systems national optional registry and of deposit of works.

   • Those systems allow to face the problems that pose, among other things, disputes related to ownership or creation, financial transactions, sales, and transfers and transfers of rights.

5. The sphere of copyright and related rights has expanded greatly in the light of spectacular technological progress of the last decades that, in turn, have brought new ways of spread creations by ways of communication like the satellite broadcasting, disks Compact and the DVD.

   • The wide diffusion of works by Internet poses complex issues in relation to copyright and rights twenty related in this medium of Communication that knows no borders. WIPO participates fully in the debate international ongoing for configure new protection rules of copyright in cyberspace.
     • In this regard, administer the Treaty of WIPO on Copyright (WCT) and the WIPO Treaty on Interpretation or Execution and Phonograms (WPPT), called "Internet Treaties". These treaties have established international standards clear to prevent access not authorized to creative works and its use on the Internet.

6. NESTOR IVAN JEREZ FRANCO, SEP 2019