What is a copyright?
Copyright is a set of exclusive rights granted to the author or creator of an original work including the right to copy, distribute and adapt the work. Copyright does not protect ideas, but only their expression or fixation.
Summary :
Protection of copyright and related rights is governed by Law No. 03-05 of 2003. The Implementing Regulations for the aforementioned law have not yet been passed.
Algeria is a member of the Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works since april19,1998
The protection of copyright in Algeria is automatic without any formality according to the Berne Conventionfor the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works. Protection is granted to every Intellectual Property work of art no matter what its type, style, form of expression, value or purpose is.
Copyright and Duration of copyright
Copyrightable works include written and oral works, computer software, dramatic and musical works, and photographic works, plastic and applied arts and folklore.
Protection for the lifetime of the author plus 50 years following his/her death is granted.