E-copy Right System Of Nigeria

 
     There are three ways that people can choose to put on record that they are copyright owners-


(1).     If it is a piece of work that can be sent through the mail, post it to yourself or your lawyer and do not open it when you receive it; your lawyer will do the same. If there ever comes a time that your ownership of that work is in doubt, the postmark or delivery date on a courier slip (if you mailed it by courier or registered mail) is used as substitute for the date the work came into existence.


(2).      The other way is to prepare an affidavit, i.e. an official declaration of production and have it notarised by a notary public. Don’t go to court to swear to anything you want kept “under wraps” because you would have to deposit a copy in the court and it becomes accessible to the public.


(3).      You can also use the registration mechanisms provided for by your national copyright administrators. With the world becoming smaller through technology and the ability for copyrighted work to travel across borders instantaneously, the third option is the wisest option. Although it is not required that you register your work for you to claim copyright ownership of the work, the benefit of using a registration mechanism provided by the copyright administrators (in our case, the Nigerian Copyright Commission) is that the fact of your ownership becomes accessible to the public.”

Credit; Kaine A.