Copyright Law to Costa Rican Parliament

In Compliance with the FTA, the Government sent Congress draft legislation that criminalizes the infringement of intellectual property rights.

Wednesday, April 22, 2009

As part of the framework Agenda for the Implementation of the Free Trade Agreement with the United States, Central America and Dominican Republic, the Ministry of Foreign Trade (COMEX) has sent a reform to the Law on Copyright and Related Rights to Congress for debate.

Journalist Esteban Mata wrote for La Nación of Costa Rica: "Bill 17.264 extends the coverage of copyrights and related rights to prevent musical works from being performed or interpreted without payment to the agents or authors."

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