Copyright Copyright is an
Intellectual property right (IPR) protected in statute in the Myanmar under the
Copyright Law (2019). Other countries have their own legal systems for
protection of copyright works. The law of copyright prevents the unauthorised
copying of original literary, dramatic, musical and artistic content (often
referred to as ‘works’) in any medium and in any territory. Such content would
include software (programs and underlying code), novels, poems, plays, films,
musical works and sound recordings, drawings, paintings, photographs and
sculptures.
Copyright in
Myanmar protects economic rights until and 50 years after the author’s death,
50 years after publication or creation of an audio-visual or cinematographic
work, and 25 years after creation of applied artwork. Copyright comes into
forces as soon as a work is created. |