Archive:Copyright Enforcement Act

**THE UNIVERSAL TRIUMVIRATE COPYRIGHT ENFORCEMENT ACT**
**4.6.12 | 6.9.13**
Stavrok, Head of Finance, Freshman Executive

**A Law** to establish rules to grant creative rights to those producing innovative products or designs so that their intellectual property may be guarded.

**Section 1: Items Subject to Copyright**

The following objects, if they have a clear and legitimate intellectual origin, are copyrighted:
A) Literature, sound, video – this includes but is not limited to private writings, private videos, private soundtrack, published material, papers, or any other documents or literature that is privately owned and not for use in public proceedings.
B) Art and Media – All pieces of art and media including drawings, graphics, images, moving images, or logos are copyrighted.
C) Technology – technological programming designs and development for use such as programming and security.
D) Names – names for businesses and institutions, but not people may be copyrighted.
**Section 2: Items Specifically Not Subject to Copyright**

All objects unless they are named above are unable to be copyrighted and any ownership of them as intellectual property is illegitimate. For further clarification, some specific examples of “property” that are not subject to this are named here:
A) Government Material – no piece of government material including but not limited to any legislation, image (government files are not “art” under the definition referenced above), file, speech, or report is copyrighted in any way. The government may not hold copyright abilities and all media released by the government is in the open domain to all Triumvirate members so long as credit remains with the Triumvirate.
B) Legal Documents – no document with legal value, for use by counsel in court, or kept in the regular proceeding of court is subject to copyright
C) Public Domain Material – any material already in the public domain that was not conceived by any individual is not subject to copyright.
**Section 3: Proof of Copyright**

In order for the ownership of copyrighted material to be proven in court (such as in cases against a person or group who may be using your intellectual material) original ownership must be proven. Some record of when this material was first conceived or evidence (via a witness or document) that the material belongs to its owner should be presented. The court should find that there is relatively believable evidence in order to show that a person or group had rights to a piece of content matter.
**Section 4: Purchase of Rights**

All may purchase intellectual property from others should both parties be willing, this transaction is valid as proving ownership of intellectual property and copyrighted material.
**Section 5: Enforcement of Copyright Infringement**

No person may use any copyrighted material or material that is unreasonably similar to copyrighted material in public situations unless they reference the ownership by the intellectual property owner. The government of the Triumvirate is excluded from this rule and may reference or use any piece of intellectual property with no restrictions on that basis but they may not use intellectual or artistic property to make any gain of money or prevent the gain of money to the original owner.
If a person or group uses copyrighted material or material that Is unreasonably similar to copyrighted material the owner of the original material may file for a civil case against them in which they must prove they were the original owner. If a person or group has performed extraordinarily extensive violations of copyright policy the Triumvirate Department of Justice may seek criminal charges against them under the basis that they are causing significant damage to the sanctity of the Triumvirate and shall qualify as a Level I Misdemeanor.
**Section 6: Enforcement by Foreign Institutions**

The protection of Triumvirate business and private interests and property in foreign territory must be part of the duty assigned to the Triumvirate Department of State and the Chief Ambassador. They must enforce the ownership of Triumvirate intellectual property in foreign domains. All Triumvirate allies must respect Triumvirate intellectual property or face the consequences that would be standard.