Lawyers Greece - Copyright
Copyrights are called the exclusive rights of creators on their work. They are granted by law for some time in order to prohibit third parties from using the works without the permission of the author. The copyright exists in works of literature and art, such as books, theater, painting, sculpture, photography, architecture and other creations such as software or databases. It includes the right to exploit the work (economic right) and the right to protect the personal relationship with the creator of this work (moral right).
The copyright is acquired automatically without requiring the creator's request for submitting the project or for the project's registration in any service.
In Greece the fundamental Law is the Law 2121/1993 (O.G.G. A' 25, 04/03/93) which, inspired by the World Intellectual Property Organization, revises the previous legislation of 1920 and complies with European Community directives. This Law was amended drastically in many of the provisions in Article 8 of Law 2557/1997 (O.G.G. A' 271/1997) to implement the Directives 93/83/EEC and 93/98/EEC.
