Intellectual Property Laws....

[Vystercia-Nasucrea]

....how strict are yours? Ours is pretty stiff, with piracy punishable by full restitution and 7 to 10 years of hard labor.

[Disskord]

Intellectual property?

[The Merchant Republics]

Generally speaking we don't have intellectual property laws, however there are notable exceptions.

-Cases of clear plagiarism or copy of an intellectual work which is not properly credited to it's original creator
-Cases of fraud where a product is sold as a work of an artist but is actually an unlicensed pirate. It is however perfectly legal to sell if one makes the customer knows that they are buying/receiving a pirated work.
-Cases whereby the attributed creation of one artist is actually found to have been stolen directly from another, such as an inventor writing up plans for a flying machine and his lab assistant stealing the designs to produce himself then claiming to have invented it. Exception if the product is innovated on to a reasonable degree.

In most other cases intellectual property does not apply as it strictly violates Laissez-Faire constitutional charter.

[Maraque]

If you distribute or use somebodies work without their express permission via a court of law, you are engaging in illegal activity and will be punished if or when the owner of the works presses charges and you are deemed in violation of the law.

In other words, it is illegal but the government does not actively seek offenders, putting the responsibility on the owner of the works to press charges on a case-by-case basis.

[The Blood of 999 Goats]

If you are able to break through the owner's copy protection software or plagiarise without being caught etc then you are considered worthy of possessing it or calling it your own without repercussion

[The Erusean Republic]

It is very strict, the Government in conjunction with the Companies enforce IP laws to the max.

[Fatatatutti]

Fatatatutian culture has never had a strong concept of private property ownership and intellectual property is no exception. In the days of print media, any person who went to the trouble and expense of typesetting and distribution was considered to be entitled to the proceeds of his efforts.

Admittedly, with today's electronic media, copying and publishing are extremely easy so the logic no longer applies. However, the law has not changed to keep pace with the technological reality. While it is - and has always been - possible to seek restitution through the courts, it is difficult to win cases that rest on how much the original author "might have" earned.

-- Warner Lee, Law Society of Fatatatutti

[Yannia]

If you distribute or use somebody's work without their express permission ..., you are engaging in illegal activity and will be punished if or when the owner of the works presses charges and you are deemed in violation of the law.

In other words, it is illegal but the government does not actively seek offenders, putting the responsibility on the owner of the works to press charges on a case-by-case basis.

Likewise, with the inclusion of selling unauthorized copies. The penalty is usually a fine of the same level as the deprived income of the original author.

[The Grand Millian]

Every thing you think of, write, ect. belongs to you. You need to give the rights to anyone else to use it.

[New Anglospheria]

Ours are strong too. No jail time though; just very big fines.

[Saurisisia]

Somewhat restrictive, you'd wind up in prison for a month and face a maximum fine of 15,000 Dino Dollars.

[Seperate Vermont]

The Right to Intellectual Property is an enumerated right to Vermonters, and is included as a right of all persons of Vermont. There are many specific protections and licenses for the distribution of copyrighted media,one of the most common being common usage/"some rights reserved" licenses. In the world of patents, they typically have a margin for innovation and research based off of the patented item, whilst maintaining the creator's rights to credit as well as commerce and reservation of property/ legal license of usage.

Violations of intellectual property rights are dealt with in Civil courts, according to how they are brought up by the creators, as the justice system will not actively look for violators. However, institutions and services exist to help creators track down violators.

[Thurask]

The usual Thuraski believes that IP is a foreign construct and that greed does not necessarily entitle someone to money. The Ministry of Justice ostensibly has the power to chase after IP violators, but they seldom do due to having the same mindset as the usual Thuraski. The MoJ also has the power over foreign IP in Thurask, and can deem certain ones invalid in Thurask after review of a petition to render a trademark, patent or copyright invalid.

[Jack Davis]

Generally speaking we don't have intellectual property laws, however there are notable exceptions.

-Cases of clear plagiarism or copy of an intellectual work which is not properly credited to it's original creator
-Cases of fraud where a product is sold as a work of an artist but is actually an unlicensed pirate. It is however perfectly legal to sell if one makes the customer knows that they are buying/receiving a pirated work.
-Cases whereby the attributed creation of one artist is actually found Conveyancing Camden to have been stolen directly from another, such as an inventor writing up plans for a flying machine and his lab assistant stealing the designs to produce himself then claiming to have invented it. Exception if the product is innovated on to a reasonable degree.

In most other cases intellectual property does not apply as it strictly violates Laissez-Faire constitutional charter.

hello merchat republics,
i want to know the exact meaning of intellectual property.

[Devernia]

Copyright laws have been abolished in Devernia, and pirating is rife in Devernia, causing 9% of traffic for The Bigtopian Bay.

[Equestria and Griffon]

Copyright laws are only 5 years here.*

5-10 months for piracy.*

*subject to change

[The Intergalactic Universe Corporation]

Copyrights last for 70 years and can be extended by the credited person any time when he is alive. If the creator is dead, the copyright only lasts for 50 years after his death.

Piracy can be punished by 100 strokes of the cane, 2 years of hard labour and 500% of the profit gained by pirating the item/concept.

[Skyhooked]

We fully abolished copyright in our place in the name of freedom.

[Chelta]

Cheltish law has never recognised any form of intellectual property. As such Chelta is somewhat disparagingly known as the "pirate capital of the world" in our world.

[The Intergalactic Universe Corporation]

We fully abolished copyright in our place in the name of freedom.

So, plagiarism is rampant in Skyhooked so to speak?

[The Intergalactic Universe Corporation]

Cheltish law has never recognised any form of intellectual property. As such Chelta is somewhat disparagingly known as the "pirate capital of the world" in our world.

Does that benefit or hurt your nation?

[Skyhooked]

We fully abolished copyright in our place in the name of freedom.

So, plagiarism is rampant in Skyhooked so to speak?

Maybe, but it doesn't damage our economy at all... somehow.

[The Intergalactic Universe Corporation]

So, plagiarism is rampant in Skyhooked so to speak?

Maybe, but it doesn't damage our economy at all... somehow.

That is quite amazing indeed.

[Vallermoore]

Some such laws do exist, at least for white people, changelings and sapient ponies (black people are not protected by those laws although this may soon change, thus preventing any black person from becoming a best selling author.)

Pirates who steal money from the original author are likely to get fined and/or whipped, with prison as a last resort.

Band names are protected, unless the band clearly got it's name on another planet and is just on tour and not staying for more then three months in every two years.

The only known Deception openly on Vallermoore is the priest Fire Eater-if someone tried to copy his stuff and he didn't like it they would most likely face covert Decepticon blaster fire. Given that he is a priest though, if they were merely trying to spread the faith of Megatronism and doing it wrongly by mistake he'd most likely try and explain the right way to go about it first. Covert Decepticons who were inventors or writers would most likely covertly blast the culprit as such is the Decepticon Way.

[The Intergalactic Universe Corporation]

Some such laws do exist, at least for white people, changelings and sapient ponies (black people are not protected by those laws although this may soon change, thus preventing any black person from becoming a best selling author.)

Pirates who steal money from the original author are likely to get fined and/or whipped, with prison as a last resort.

Band names are protected, unless the band clearly got it's name on another planet and is just on tour and not staying for more then three months in every two years.

The only known Deception openly on Vallermoore is the priest Fire Eater-if someone tried to copy his stuff and he didn't like it they would most likely face covert Decepticon blaster fire. Given that he is a priest though, if they were merely trying to spread the faith of Megatronism and doing it wrongly by mistake he'd most likely try and explain the right way to go about it first. Covert Decepticons who were inventors or writers would most likely covertly blast the culprit as such is the Decepticon Way.

Nice way of dealing with IP theft