Intelectual Properity

(Include in your answer a description of the types of works that are protected and an example of the duration of such protection). The principal purpose of copyright laws is the protection work of the human intellect, the domain - protection of literary and artistic works.

Copyright laws doesn t protected ideas, but the final product of the human intellect.

The national legislation on protection of the copyrights of the majority of the countries provides protection of the following kinds of products: product with scientific or technical content (plans, drawings, maps); cinematographic, photographic and other visual or audio-visual works; computer program. The minimal period of validity of the copyright under the Bern Convention is 50 years from the end of year of the author s death. In the European Union and for European countries, the term is now 70 years from the end of year in which the author died, and the same period has been written into the US legislation / so that it consists 70 years.

There is thus a definite tendency to prolong protection from 50 to 70 years.

In the Republic of Moldova the term is 50 years from the end of year in which the author died.

b) Describe three types of rights that a copyright holder may have.

There are two aspects of types of rights that a copyright holder may have.

The first: Copyright holder may have three types of rights: the right of reproduction (involves the classic and modern methods.

For example: authorize photocopies, printed copies, tape recording and copying of the tape recordings); the right of performance (is considered communication of the work to the public); the right of adaptation and translation (adaptation is generally understood as a modification of a work to create another work, for example adapting a novel to make a motion picture; translation means the expression of a work in a language other than that of the original version). The second: Copyright holder may have three types of rights: exclusive rights (use the work as he wishes, prevent others from using it without his authorization); economic rights (economic rights of the type can be transferred or assigned to other owners usually for a sum of money or royalties depending on the proposed usage of the work); moral rights (moral rights can never be transferred, they always remain with the original author of the work). c) What is the name of the oldest international convention concerning copyright? The oldest international convention concerning copyright is Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic works from September 9, 1886, completed at Paris on May 4, 1896, revised at Berlin on November 13, 1908, completed at Berne on March 20, 1914, revises at Rome on June 2, 1928, at Brussels on June 26, 1948, at Stockholm on July 14, 1967, and at Paris on July 24, 1971, and amended on September 28, 1979. In the contents of the Convention allocate rule about a ...