Monrovia – The government of Liberia through the Liberia Intellectual Property Office (LIPO) and its secretariat, the Copyright Society of Liberia (COSOL) has begun an inspection and enforcement exercise of businesses trading in audio and audio-visual contents to remove pirated copyright materials from the stream of Liberia commerce. Piracy put innovation, creativity, and investment at risk much to the detriment of the content creators,” Mr. Robertson said. He noted that government focus is now shaped on combating and suppressing the trade-in pirated goods by increasing inspection markets, and sales points; and ​enforcing the country’s Intellectual Property law–at the same time, building respect for IP rights through a public awareness campaign. “Pirated goods will be destroyed and the penalties for trading in forged commodities will be implemented according to the 2016 Liberia Intellectual Property Acts,” Hon. “We have a duty under the 2016 Intellectual Property Laws and the BERNE Convention to protect the creative content of all creators, be it Liberian work or foreign work.

Source: Front Page Africa February 25, 2021 09:56 UTC