Sunday, 11 September 2011

Benefits of Copyright Protection


Copyright protection provides a vital incentive for the creation of many intellectual works. Without copyright protection, it would be easy for others to exploit these works without paying any royalties or remuneration to the owner of the work.  Copyright therefore encourages enterprise and creates a favourable climate to stimulate economic activity.
Copyright protection provides benefits in the form of economic rights which entitle the creators to control use of their literary and artistic material in a number of ways such as making copies, performing in public, broadcasting,  use on-line, etc. and to obtain an appropriate economic reward.  Creators can therefore be rewarded for their creativity and investment.
Copyright also gives moral rights to be identified as the creator or author of certain kinds of material (known as the paternity right), and object to the distortion and mutilation of it.  An author's right to object to the modification or   derogatory action in relation to his or her work is known as an integrity right.  Chapter 7 of the Copyright and Related Rights Act, 2000 (No. 28 of 2000)Links to external website  deals in greater detail with moral rights applicable in Ireland. 
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