Did you know that unless stated otherwise in your employment contract with your programmer, all rights to the created product belong to them?
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Copyright Protection
Our company provides copyright protection services internationally. We implement comprehensive solutions to ensure the interests of our clients. Our range of services allows for the application of the most advanced schemes involving the transfer of rights to foreign companies. All legal actions taken are a consequence of the nature of copyright itself:
Copyright is an inalienable right of a person to the product of their creative activity that does not require any registration. Measures to protect this right represent laborious work, which, nevertheless, must be carried out. This is because if it is not possible to prove authorship, then the protection of copyright in court becomes practically an unsolvable task. This applies mainly to products created using a computer, that is, which are essentially virtual objects, the expert assessment of the authorship of which is impossible in principle.
However, the “virtuality” of a work in no way diminishes the rights of the author. Any result of creative or scientific work gives its creator the exclusive right to use the created product, distribute it, receive income from sales and profit in any legal way. Therefore, the author should take the issue of protecting their property interests extremely seriously, since, if successful, encroachments on these interests will not be long in coming.
Copyright Infringement
The interests of authors in the age of the Internet’s boundlessness and permissiveness are being trampled upon and violated on a massive scale, literally every second. Copyright infringement can be classified as follows:
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Plagiarism, when non-property rights are violated, that is, the unique idea, text, development, etc. are stolen. In other words, authorship is directly appropriated;
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Counterfeiting or piracy – in this case we are talking about the property right to remuneration, royalties, income received from the use of a particular creative work.
Copyright protection is a rather complex subject. For example, an author cannot renounce “authorship”, he cannot transfer it to any other person or company, the author can only allow in the form of an agreement to receive income in various ways using the object of the right. That is why the term “Copyright Agreement” should be avoided – the right to be an author cannot be transferred.
Objects of Copyright
Objects of law are objects and benefits (both tangible and intangible) belonging to subjects of law, that is, persons who are bearers of such rights.
Objects of copyright:
– literary works, which also include dramatic and stage works;
– everything related to the visual arts;
– musical and audiovisual works (films, etc.)
– sculptural, pictorial and other works that belong to the visual arts;
– photographs and works analogous to them;
– maps, sketches and plans;
Separately, it is worth noting computer programs, which have been included in this list of copyright objects relatively recently. Software, operating systems, computer developments – all this also applies to objects of copyright.
Software Copyright Protection
As already mentioned, copyright registration is an optional procedure. However, in the case of virtual objects, it is necessary, since in this case it is impossible to prove authorship by examination, and this will be critical in the event of a lawsuit. Therefore, when it comes to copyright protection on the Internet, it is much more appropriate to use various schemes with the transfer of rights. This is the best way to proceed if you need to protect the copyright for the program.
Software copyright protection on a global scale, as a rule, involves a scheme with the registration of an offshore company, specifically for the ownership of these rights. Today, thanks to our firm, a full cycle of copyright protection services on the Internet has become available in one place and at affordable prices.
The issue of copyright protection requires a balanced and competent approach. Our experts can provide you with any information about the most effective ways to protect your interests.
