Violation of Protected Rights of Classifications for Radio and Televisions Satellite Broadcasting

Abstract

The spread of works of authors via radio and television broadcast not only at the national level but also at the international one as satellite broadcast is cross-border has led to diversification of methods of violation thereof causing intellectual efforts of copyrights and related rights to be lost without any deterrent for such violations. This is the main drive behind this paper, where we will discuss the most prominent violations suffered by these works of authors, the Iraqi legislature’s stand expressed in the Iraqi Author Protection Law, and legislative treatment in the constitutions of Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, and Algeria. Therefore, this paper is divided into three sections. Section one offers an introduction to radio and television broadcast and works of authors broadcast thereby. Section two offers the first form of violation: intellectual piracy. Finally, section three is dedicated for treating forms of violation not included by the concept of intellectual piracy.