A look at copyright and the influence of technology in that right. Presentation looks at how copyright is administered in the Caribbean island of St. Vincent and the Grenadines.

2. Intellectual Property:
Copyright and Technology
Nickkisha Farrell
Thursday 9th Feb, 2012

3. Overview
Intellectual Property and Its Components
Copyrights
• Definition
• Characteristics
• How to gain copyright
Copyrights and Technology
Issues/ Challenges
The Legal Aspect

4. Intellectual Property (IP)
• Intellectual Property (IP) are creative works that have
economic value and are protected by law. (Microsoft Encarta)
• IP rights are designed to award the owner of IP, rights
over the distribution and use of his or her work.
• IP rights prevent users from copying, performing, or
distributing these works without permission of the
owner.
• Main purpose of this protection is to provide
incentives for people to produce scientific and
creative works that benefit society at large.

5. Intellectual Property
• Divided into several categories which include
– Protects authored works (authors original expression)
– Protects inventions
– Help safeguard information critical to an organization’s
success
• This presentation will closely examine Copyright; since
this IP regime is particularly critical to the realm of
cyberspace.

6. Copyright
• Copyright is a legal term describing rights given
to creators for their literary and artistic works
• Grants creators of works the right to
– Distribute
– Display
– Perform
– Reproduce work
– Prepare derivative works based upon the work
– Author may grant exclusive right to others
– Author enjoys both commercial and moral rights.

7. Category of Work
• Literary works
• Musical works
• Artistic works
• Films
• Sound recordings
• Broadcasts
• Choreography
• Computer Programs

8. Length of a Copyright
• US
• The length of the Authors Life + 70 yrs
• In St. Vincent and the Grenadines
Category Of Work Period Of Protection
Literary, dramatic, musical or remainder of the life of author after
artistic works of known authorship creation of the work plus 50 years
from the end of the calendar year in
which the author dies
Typographical arrangements of 25 years from first publication
published editions
Performances 50 years from the end of the
calendar year in which the
performance takes place

9. How to I give Notice that I have Copyright
• To signify ownership of a work, it is usual to place
a copyright notice on the work, consisting of the
copyright symbol ©, the name of the right holder
and the date of creation of the work.
• You do not have to legally register to gain
copyright protection.

10. Copy Right and Technology
• Technology now affords: wide availability of
information which has given rise to concerns of
information and property ownership.
• Copyright Infringement
– Copy substantial and material part of another’s
copyrighted work
– Without permission

11. Copy Right and Technology
• Areas of copyright infringement
– Worldwide sale of counterfeit consumer supplies
– Plagiarism
– Piracy
• Copyrights to protect computer software exist
– To prove infringement, copyright holders must show a
striking resemblance between the original software
and the new software that could be explained only by
copying

12. Counterfeit Consumer Supplies
• Counterfeit consumer goods, commonly
called knock-offs, are counterfeit or imitation
products offered for sale.

13. Plagiarism
The unauthorized use or close imitation of the language
and thoughts of another author and the
representation of them
as one's own original work, as by not crediting the
author.

14. Piracy
• Computer piracy is duplicating a software
without the authority of the creator of the
software. This has been a heavy crime since the
beginning of the internet age.
SOPA
PIPA

15. Copyright Infringement in SVG
• To deter unauthorized reproduction:
• Liability to a fine of $1,500.00 on summary conviction for
a first offence of possession of an article designed or
adapted for making infringing copies for sale, hire or use
in the course of business and in the case of a subsequent
offence, liability to a fine of $1,500.00 or imprisonment for
a maximum term of 12 months (s.44 (2), (5)).
• To deter unauthorised public performances:
• Liability to a fine of $1,500.00 on summary conviction for
a first offence of causing an infringing public performance
or showing of protected work, and in the case of a
subsequent offence, liability to a fine of $1,500.00 or
imprisonment for a maximum term of 12 months (s.44 (3))

16. Copy Right and Technology
• World Intellectual Property Organization
(WIPO)
– Agency of the United Nations
– Advocates for the interests of
intellectual property owners

17. IP Protection in
St.Vincent and the Grenadines
Commerce and Intellectual Property Office
(CIPO)
• Mission: To provide a sound administrative and
regulatory framework which supports the
development of domestic commerce and the
protection of intellectual property rights.
• Administers Laws regarding IP Issues
• Affiliated with WIPO

18. Summary
• IP Laws and in particular Copyrights allow
originators of work authority over how their work
is used, expressed and distributed.
• Copyright Infringement though not new has been
proliferated with advancements in Information
Technology
• Thus world governments have seen the need to
establish laws to police Intellectual Property as it
infringements has implication for both our
economies and creative motivation.

19. References
• Microsoft Encarta Encyclopedia Standard 2006, Microsoft
Corporation.
• Bainbridge, D 2004, Introduction to Computer Law, Pearson
Education Limited
• Microsoft Encarta Encyclopedia Standard 2006, Microsoft
Corporation.
• Bainbridge, D 2004, Introduction to Computer Law, Pearson
Education Limited
• http://www.edwardsamuels.com/illustratedstory/isc1.htm
• http://www.gov.vc/cipo