Copyright Registration in Dubai – Know What Is Important

Ever heard the word ‘Copyright’? We are sure you have and probably have used it innumerable times. However, there are many people who use the word without comprehending the meaning or the implications of it, many a times. Copyright Registration in Dubai is as important as is anywhere else in the world. Therefore, it is imperative that you know what is important for you and are well prepared for the technicalities of it as well. Here is all the information that you need to know.

The word Copyright denotes a set of rights that is exclusive to the creator of the content in written, spoken or drawn i.e., in any form. In other words, the expression of an idea or the thought is what gets protected in a copyright. Getting done the Copyright Registration in Dubai amounts to the fact that your expression of the idea or a thought is now protected and it is only the creator who can recreate it or modify it or distribute the same in any form or as many times as is needed.

The act of Registration in UAE is protected under the Authorship Protection Law. This law specially is extended to people who are authors, musicians, painters, inventors of scientific gadgets. In short, persons who are able to create something out of his or her intellect can use the law to their advantage.

Registration Process

The process of Copyright Registration in Dubai is very simple and easy to follow. The person is required to deposit the work which needs to be copyrighted, to the Ministry of Information and Culture. The ministry then decides the next course of action depending upon the nature and the status of the work. The ministry will find out as to whether your work is an original or not. Depending on the findings, the ministry will then issue the exclusive rights to the original creator of the content.

Validity of the registration

Everything has a shelf life and so is this. There is a duration till which the registration is valid. According to the patent Registration in Dubai law, the validity of such a registration is for the time till the creator of the content is alive plus another fifty years after the demise of the creator. There is another clause which extends the registration validity till fifty years from the date of publication especially if the content creator is no longer alive or forgotten works of an artist is being published for the first time.

Infringement

According to the exclusive rights register in UAE, infringement of this act by any means such as publishing, re-publishing, photocopying, digital copies etc without the prior permission of the content creator can result in fine or appropriate lawful action against them. However, reproduction of the works for non- commercial use, by public libraries or by cultural, educations or even scientific institutions is permissible provided the number does not extend beyond fifty copies. Apart from this, the reproduction or the usage should not harm the interests of the content creator in any manner, whatsoever. Infringement, in the above manner may attract a penalty of 50,000 Dirham or omission of the content contravening the creator’s instruction attracts a fine of a minimum of 10,000 Dirham and/or imprisonment.

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