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  • If I Defend My Rights, I Will Be a 'Bad Cop'

    If I Defend My Rights, I Will Be a 'Bad Cop'

    16:51 - 10.04.10


    One of the reasons the copyrights are violated in Armenia is that both
    lawyers and authors in the sector work orally, i.e. without contracts.

    In a press conference today Susanna Nersisyan, Director of the Center
    for Protection of Copyrights, said that everything should be regulated
    by contracts. In her words a new law on copyrights together with the
    existing one will make all the parties involved sign contracts before
    getting involved in such affairs.

    She also said that the bill of the new law will soon be discussed in
    the parliament, adding that the existing legislation is enough to
    reveal violations, which are numerous in Armenia, and define fines for
    the perpetrators.
    Armenian composer Martin Aharonyan, in turn, said that the bill would
    strengthen the protection of author's copyrights, should it be adopted
    in the parliament.

    At the same time, according to Aharonyan, there are some strange
    trends here in Armenia.
    "In this sector the musicians, the performers are in a very close
    relation with the organizers ... And if I start defending my rights, I
    will turn out to be 'bad cop'," explained Aharonyan.

    Another issue for concern in the sector is that the musicians and
    authors do not want to be involved in the court proceedings, and that
    they need lawyers support in this field.

    Aharonyan also said he himself had come across some fake versions of
    his own peaces of music oeuvres.

    Tert.am
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