24 Feb
2009
24 Feb
'09
12:38 a.m.
On 23 Feb 2009 at 6:11, jd wrote:
Under the Berne Convention, a work does not need to be explicitly
copyrighted to enjoy the protection of copyright. If Iran subscribes
to the Berne Convention, then there may be some recourse for you. But
certain states have been known to protect copyright violators and
obstruct or simply ignore the Berne Convention and authors' assertion
of rights. In such a case, a few authors have been successful in
seizing violators' foreign assets.
Iran is not a member of the Berne Convention or WTO or anything else
that might give an foreigner standing in Iran:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran_and_copyright_issues
Sorry about that,
Chuck