The 1992 Copyrights Law No. 40 lays down provisions to protect the exclusive rights of authors in relation with their literary and artistic works and determine the scope of the protection.
The 1992 Copyrights Law, Articles 37-44, provides for preventive measures and penalty including confiscation, the closing of the institution violating copyright and prison and compensation.
The draft amendment will provide additional measures to allow enforcement of copyrights as referred to in the TRIPS Agreement. The obligations contained in Article 9 of the TRIPS Agreement (Berne Convention Articles 1-21 except Article 6bis) will be met through the extension of the scope of copyright in terms of categories and subjects covered as well as the nature of the protection.
