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Serbian Copyright Law
The Serbian copyright act ( sr, Закон о ауторском и сродним правима) was published as the copyright act of Serbia and Montenegro on 24 December 2004, and it remains in force after the country's split under the "Declaration of Continuation by Republic of Serbia", September 19, 2006. Contents The act consists of eight sections: #Subject-matter of the act #Copyright #Related rights #Exercise of copyright and related rights #Records of works of authorship and subject-matters of related rights #Protection of copyright and related rights #Penal provisions #Transitional and final provisions Scope The act defines the "work of authorship" as an "author's original intellectual creation, expressed in a certain form, regardless of its value, purpose, size and contents". The following are considered as "works of authorship in particular": # Written works # Spoken works (lectures, speeches, orations, etc.); # Dramatic, dramatic-musical, choreographic and pantomi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Copyright
A copyright is a type of intellectual property that gives its owner the exclusive right to copy, distribute, adapt, display, and perform a creative work, usually for a limited time. The creative work may be in a literary, artistic, educational, or musical form. Copyright is intended to protect the original expression of an idea in the form of a creative work, but not the idea itself. A copyright is subject to limitations based on public interest considerations, such as the fair use doctrine in the United States. Some jurisdictions require "fixing" copyrighted works in a tangible form. It is often shared among multiple authors, each of whom holds a set of rights to use or license the work, and who are commonly referred to as rights holders. These rights frequently include reproduction, control over derivative works, distribution, public performance, and moral rights such as attribution. Copyrights can be granted by public law and are in that case considered "territorial righ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
