Opening

The new "Copyright Law" (2000) clearly states the principles of copyrights, which is basis of the protection of copyrights. The law also defines who is the owner of copyrights, what copyrights refer to and the character of copyrights. The "Copyright Law" covers the bundle of rights defined in the Berne Convention, Rome Convention for the Protection of Performers, Producers of Phonograms, TRIPS Treaty, WIPO Treaties, and EU Directives. Copyrights refer to literary, scientific and artistic works; also to unfinished works, insignificant of the goal and value of the work or nature of its expression. It is important that there is no special registration or any other formality needed to verify copyrights. The term of protection of copyrights is being extended to 70 years.