What can be protected
Original works in science, art and literature, including books, speeches, songs and music, drama and dance, fine art, applied art, architecture, maps, batik, photographs, portraits, films, video games and computer programs. Related rights, such as those of performers and phonogram producers, fall under the same law.
What we handle
Recordal of works with DJKI as your representative.
Good to know
- Protection starts automatically, without registration, once a work is expressed in tangible form.
- A recordal is not a requirement and does not certify the content of the work, but it can help as evidence.
- Books, music, drama, fine art, architecture and similar works are protected for the life of the author plus seventy years. Photographs, films, video games and computer programs are protected for fifty years from first publication. The period depends on the type of work and on who holds the rights, and shorter or longer periods apply to some categories.
- Where a creation is also a product design, industrial design registration may protect it better.
- The Copyright Law is being revised in the legislature; the rules in force when you act should be confirmed.