One of the misconceptions about Iran is that this country has no acts under copyright law. Unawareness of law and maybe weakness in news transmission of related organizations breed lots of infringements in this country. And each year, there are more complaints about violation of copyright law against real and legal personalities in Iran.
For example, the last case was about a scenario of “Yusuf the Prophet” directed by Farajollah Salahshoor. In this case, Shahbeddin Taheri ,and author, claimed that this film and its scenario was written based on his own scenario without his permission.
It is considerable that court found Salahshoor as guilty and he was condemned to fine.
- But, how law defines the author’s right in Iran?
High Council of Informatics (HCI) in 1992 prepared a draft of copyright law by devoting 50’000’000 Rials to this study that last as long as 18 months.
In 1995, Majlis Shora Islamic approved computer crime law offered by HCI including information theft, data destruction and program damage caused by viruses, Trojan horses, worms, and logic bombs, hacking and unauthorized access and also, the law of protecting domestic software producers.
The article 74 of the E-Commerce Law declares that based on protecting domestic software producers, if a person found guilty under this article, he is liable to maximum 50’000’000 Rials and three months to one year imprisonment.
As far as Iran is not a signatory to the Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works, the WIPO Copyright Treaty, or a member of the World Trade Organization (WTO) this law is not protecting the foreign software producers. Although, if Iran wants to be an official member of WTO, it should implements the copyright law completely in that country.
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