COPYRIGHT-RELATED PROBLEMS IMPOSSIBLE TO SOLVE ONLY BY REGULATING LEGISLATIVE FIELD

Noyan Tapan
Aug 1, 2007

YEREVAN, AUGUST 1, NOYAN TAPAN. Sales of intellectual property
production with breach of copyright make over 90% in Armenia. Susanna
Nersisian, the director general of "Armenian Author: Protection of
Copyright" NGO, stated this at the July 31 press conference, citing the
results of studies conducted by international experts. In her words,
"this large-scale piracy hinders development of the country’s economy
as tax liabilities are not fulfilled."

She said that the legislative field on the sphere is constantly
being improved: the RA Law on Copyright and Adjacent Rights has been
amended three times since 1996. "However, copyright-related problems
are impossible to solve only by regulating the legislative field –
some practical measures should be taken," S. Nersisian noted.