01. Copyright Definition

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June 29, 2023

Copyright is a legal protection for creative work. The concept of copyright is embodied in each country's copyright law. From this point of view, our country's proclamation number 410/2004 article 2(8) on the protection of copyright and neighboring rights defines the definition of copyright as follows. "Copyright is an economic right arising from a work and includes moral rights when appropriate."

The definition of copyright and neighboring rights of our country law stands on the international interpretation of the copyright system especially based on the 1886 Berne Copyright Principles. As detailed in Article 2 of the same international agreement, protected creative works are published or unpublished works of literature, science and art, regardless of the form of expression in which they are created.

Copyright Definition

The creative works can be described in the following ways. For example: book, pamphlet, lecture, speech, sermon, drama, musical drama, composition of words and non-words, cinematography, painting, architecture, sculpture, photography, map, plan, sketch, geography, topography or science-related three-dimensional / 3-D / work, translation / Adaptation /, musical arrangement and other original works of art are protected by copyright. Copyright gives exclusive rights to Production, Distribution, Performing, and Broadcasting of creative works.

There is no standard for the quality and artistic beauty of copyrighted works of art and writing. Copyright protection is given to the work in which an idea is expressed, not to the idea itself. Idea is not protected by copyright. For example, if a person claims that a poem is in my mind or it is commonly said that it is on my lips, it will not be qualified to be protected by copyright.

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Our aim is to collaborate with CMO’s and other interested parties to ensure the collection of these rights are as efficient and streamlined as they can be and that all performers receive the income they are rightfully entitled to.

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