The word copyright is a confusing word for many people in the world. In April 1989, US dropped the requirement for a copyright notice to have copyright protection. Items prior to April of 1989 without a copyright notice lost protection but it still the area of Copyright is a gray one.
The Copyright Ordinance 1962 governed copyright law in Pakistan. Significant changes were made through the Copyright (Amendment) Act, 1992 and the Copyright (Amendment) Ordinance 2000, whereby, Copyright protection originally available to literary, dramatic, musical, artistic, cinematographic and architectural works, books, photographs, newspapers, engravings, lectures, and sculptures was extended to include computer software, periodicals, video films and all forms of audio-visual work.
The copyright law protects literary works, including works on humanity, religion, social and physical sciences, tables, compilation of data, computer programs and artistic work, including phonograms, and contains penalties for copyright violations. These rights extend for 50 years from the year of creation or performance. Provisions of the copyright law consists of the permissions which the government grants in the form of a license to reprint, translate, adapt or publish any text or book, any video or movie on a non- profit basis in the public interest.
Regards,
Muhammad Raheel Rauf
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