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PRESIDENT OF ARMENIA RATIFIES AMENDMENTS TO LAW ON COPYRIGHT AND ASSOCIATED RIGHTS
by Alexandr Avanesov
ARMINFO
Thursday, October 24, 18:05
Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan has ratified the Armenian
Parliament-approved amendments to the law on copyright and associated
rights.
MP Arpine Hovhannisyan said that the amendments concern original
works of authorship. Particularly, they prohibit the use of such
works without the consent of their authors in public places and in
the Internet. Publishing excerpts from items in newspapers, magazines,
online news portals, it is necessary to refer to the original source
with hyperlink to relevant website. The original source must be
written with Latin letters.
The authors of the bill offer a 100,000-200,000 drams fine for
violation of the bill, without any administrative or criminal
prosecution. The fine is not provided to the state budget. One entity
pays the fine the other like in civil processes.
"There is a principle of solidarity in the Armenian information field.
Journalists never sue each other," Hovhannisyan said.
by Alexandr Avanesov
ARMINFO
Thursday, October 24, 18:05
Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan has ratified the Armenian
Parliament-approved amendments to the law on copyright and associated
rights.
MP Arpine Hovhannisyan said that the amendments concern original
works of authorship. Particularly, they prohibit the use of such
works without the consent of their authors in public places and in
the Internet. Publishing excerpts from items in newspapers, magazines,
online news portals, it is necessary to refer to the original source
with hyperlink to relevant website. The original source must be
written with Latin letters.
The authors of the bill offer a 100,000-200,000 drams fine for
violation of the bill, without any administrative or criminal
prosecution. The fine is not provided to the state budget. One entity
pays the fine the other like in civil processes.
"There is a principle of solidarity in the Armenian information field.
Journalists never sue each other," Hovhannisyan said.