Round table «Copyright and collective management as a tool for supporting creators and conditions for the development of national culture»

On April 22, 2024, the round table «Copyright and collective management as a tool for supporting creators and conditions for the development of national culture» was held at the BELTA Press Center.

The National Center of Intellectual Property (NCIP) was represented by Deputy Director General Aliaksandr Zayats, Deputy Head
of the Copyright and Related Rights Department – Head of the Registration Division Tatiana Tsedrik, Head of the Division of Copyright and Related Rights Legislation of the Legal and Human Resources Department Olga Ilyina.

Composer and performer, associate professor of the department of pop art at the Belarusian State University of Culture and Arts Oleg Eliseenkov also took part in the round table.

More details about the event can be found on the BELTA website.

• How copyright issues are regulated on the Internet.
• How and why authors of works should sign an agreement with NCIP.
• «Over 6 thousand Belarusian authors and other copyright holders directly transferred their property rights to the management of the NCIP, » - Tatiana Tsedryk.
• How a person can legally use copyrighted works in his/her activities.
• «The copyright community should be more informed in matters of copyright ownership,» - Oleg Eliseenkov.
• «NCIP files 2-3 claims per month with the Supreme Court,» - Aliaksandr Zayats.
• «There are many cases of free use of a work, the main thing is to carefully understand them and not go beyond their limits,» - Olga Ilyina.
• «NCIP is working with large Russian media services on the issue of remuneration for Belarusian authors,» - Aliaksandr Zayats.
• What changes await copyright in November of this year.

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