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Implementing a collective management system for protection and development of copyright and neighboring rights; To Create conducive environment for cooperation and coordination of rights holders to do their part and assisting government efforts to strengthen the protection and legal enforcement of copyright and neighboring rights; To enhance the contribution of all stakeholders for the development […]

The Copyright and Neighboring Rights Protection Proclamation 410/2004 gives protection for the rights of authors, sound recording producers, composers, painters, broadcasting organizations and other creators. But, the act didn’t cover the copyright and neighboring rights collective management society and the royalty issues. In addition, the proclamation never take in the subjects of digital technology and

Copyright is a legal concept that offers protection to those who create and are owners of original works of art, music, literature, and software. They are granted sole authority over all uses, distribution and financial gains of their works. This implies that they have the authority to decide who can use their creations, how and

While it is possible to register copyright in a work through the Ethiopian Intellectual Property Office by the regulation no of 305/2006. The registration of copyright and neighboring rights are not necessary for a work to be considered protected. Copyright protection is automatic. Original literary, dramatic, musical and artistic works, as well as sound recordings, performances,

The copyright and neighboring right protection proclamation 410/2004 was amended in 2014 after the right holders and other concerned bodies pushed the government to amend the act. The main reason for the need to amend the proclamation is to establish a suitable legal system for the growing movement of copyright protection and to create a

Copyright and related rights are one of the main types of intellectual property. The protection of copyright and related rights is important for cultural, economic and political development, so countries are paying due attention to it. The protection of copyright and related rights has become a sector that has received attention due to the high

Requirements for Protection To qualify for copyright protection, a work must be original. In copyright law, originality relates to expression of thought and not to the underlying idea or thought. Originality refers to the fact that the work was independently created and it was not copied from somewhere else. According to Ethiopia copyright and neighboring

Related rights are the rights related to copyright, that have their special subject matter of protection, which is mainly related to copyright works. These rights are called the rights related to copyright or the rights neighboring to copyright or simply neighboring rights.  Neighboring rights arise in copyrighted works, and have the greatest share to improve the public recognition of copyrighted works.

The following criteria must be met to obtain a copyright according to the copyright and neighboring rights proclamation of Ethiopia 410/2004 article (6). 1. The Work Must be Reduced to Material Form What gets protected by copyright is the way the idea is expressed, not the idea itself. Therefore, any creator who transforms his or

There are two types of rights in copyright and neighboring rights, these are economic rights and moral rights. Economic rights means the financial reward that the owner of the rights receives from the use of the work by other people; Moral rights are rights that determine the relationship between the creative owner and the work.