Copyright Policy in Your Nation

[Pacifist Island]

What is the copyright policy in your nation? Are there punishments for infringing copyrights in your nation? If so, how are they punished? What do you do with the infringing goods?

In Pacifist Island, anyone caught selling pirated goods or goods which infringes copyright can get 10 years in jail, 10000 Pacifist Dollars in fine, deemed bankrupt or all of those above. The infringing goods are to be disassembled and turned into material for producing the legit goods. Talking about sweet revenge!

Digital piracy, however, is a minor offense. If caught, you must pay the court a fine or serve your sentence. Your stolen softwares will be forfeit.

If you fight back, however, pay with your blood! (Loljk)

[Soled]

Copyright is forbidden.
Freedom to the people.

[Calusie]

There is no copyright for music, videos and other media exceptions of plays and paintings.
Everything else is.

If any person tries to claim copyright on an uncopyrighted video against Calusie, then sentencing follows.

[Chinese Peoples]

There are copyright laws in the nation, but they are limited in nature as such legislation is handled on a provincial level. A book published in province A is protected in A only; once it has been transported into province B, it can be redistributed in any way.

[Favelas Independente do Brasil]

If a book is published, The publisher has 1 year to make merchandise of this book. Until, it becomes a public archive and anyone can copy it.

[New DeCapito]

If a good idea is put forward, but is similar to another one, that is fine, but if they are too similar, you can't use that idea.
Digital piracy has no fine, because it isn't a crime.

[Gigaverse]

Joy, as any such thing is only 50% of its worth in the Imperium~! :3

[Qorchelia]

Copyright only works in our nation if you claim it is your work and it is not.

[Nova Nacio]

Copyright has been seen as AND proven to be the biggest crock of shit in the universe - and still is, here in Nova Nacio.

The current government in power was elected to eliminate said policy from existence - and they have.

There are still those corporations who'd love to have it - but they're banned from having ANY say in politics, which the people hold sacrosanct in politics here.

[Somstratzka]

There is no copyright. It is all copyleft.

Eitherway, Copyleft only applies to the corporations of Somstratzka

[The Nihilistic view]

Everything can be copyrighted if the creator chooses. And the copyright once taken out lasts for the life of the creator plus 100 years.

[Novus Niciae]

Copyright status can be applied to any product made or sold in the republic at the option of the creator. If a product is not produced or sold in the republic then copyright does not apply. However if the original product is subsequently sold or produced in the republic by the original creator or their agents then the local version of their product is to have its production halted for the duration of the copyright period with existent copies of the product having a grandfather clause applied to them enabling them to continue to be sold or used without penalty.

Copyright is valid for 20 years from the date it is first applied to a product and may be extended if an improvement is made to that product and then the copyright timer is reset for the improved version of that product and not for the original version of the product.

Copyright can not applied to derivative works of a copyrighted product that are made by a third party, but it can be applied to derivative works of a uncopyrighted product or a product with an expired copyright made by a third party provided the original work is duly attributed since the right of the original creator of that product to assert authorship does not have an expiration date, and the original creator can create derivative works of their own products without restriction.

Breaching copyright is punishable by the confiscation of all contraband goods and a fine of 100% of the value of any contraband goods sold may be imposed on commercial violators of this law.

[Blanxmarx]

No non-government media allowed. Everything made in this country belongs to the government. If you have anti-government media, a Bookburner will pay a visit to your home, take your infringing goods and burn them. Prosecution may apply.

Digital property belongs to government also. If you were caught pirating softwares, you go to work camp.

[Ragnarum]

There are only a few not very restrictive ones in Ragnarum itself for its citizens, however for stuff sold abroad there are the usual laws in place.

[Desmendura]

There are a bunch of laws regarding copyright; Like how you're not supposed to copy someone's work without his/her permission.

[Priddish]

Copyright is collectivized in Priddish. Anyone involved in the making of the thing that is copyrighted is given an equal cut in the profits. Also copyrights belong to the people as much as the copyright allows while protecting that thing.

[Russian Socialist Soviet States]

All infrastructure belongs to the people.

[Anollasia]

Copyright only works in our nation if you claim it is your work and it is not.

Pretty much this...

There are a bunch of laws regarding copyright; Like how you're not supposed to copy someone's work without his/her permission.

And this.

The sentence for copyright infringement is 5 years of prison/rehab or a fine of 1000 Anollas.

[Saintland]

The King's Government does not recognize intellectual property, with a few exceptions (software for the Saint and SaintPhone, portable devices produced by an enterprise owned by the King's younger brother and the Church of Saintland's intellectual property).

Sanctustube and Sanctusfile, both operated by the same (privately owned) enterprise, are internationally known web services that traffic in "pirated" video and files. However, if the content would be unlawful in Saintland (and most entertainment of foreign origin would be, in an unedited form), the uploader must check a box to block it in Saintland (and any other nations that opt-in). The King's Government has a department that edits entertainment of foreign origin to replace indecent music, translate it into Latin and ideologically translate the content (if editing of this sort is not possible, it will be blocked in Saintland, in any form). When this has been done, the indecent version will be available to visitors from outside the Kingdom, but the edited version will show up if it is viewed/downloaded inside the Kingdom.

[Purpelia]

The Purpelian government as a rule refuses any and all cooperation with foreign law enforcement entities. So if Purpelians engage in any form of violation of foreign copyright the offended foreigners are instructed to "cry us a river". As for domestic violations, our laws are extremely lax as we do not consider it to be a violation in the first place if no money is earned from it (among other things).

[Alcase]

Copyright Protection on any product deemed by the Government to be copyright-able is protected until the author's death. After his/her death, the material is public and anyone can copy it.

[Granda Lando (Ancient)]

There are copyright laws but they are seldom enforced. Only if you sell something that belongs to another individual or company will you be prosecuted. Watching a copyrighted movie for free, who cares?

[The Tarvosi Federation]

Copyright protection is given to all independently created idea or product unless stated otherwise, it's enforced by a department of the FBI.

[Tolmakia]

Copyright policies here are a bit strict. Music, books, movies, signatures/logos and art are mostly copyrighted.

[Punkvania]

There is a grey area when it comes to most copyright protection in our country. We find that it can be proven in court easily enough that someone has unjustly stolen an image or idea without it having been registered officially.