The Challenges And Prospects Of A Stronger Copyrights Protection In Nigeria

Abstract

Introduction 
Copyright is described as the title which an author has in the protection of his intellectual property.' In essence, this right delimits the users and how a third party can use the title which an author has in his works. The exploitation of Copyright is strongly linked to the evolution of the reproductive technology with the development of the printing press in the second of the fifteenth century Gutenberg and Caxton The protection of Copyright is an obligation of nations to promote and encourage innovation, creativity and originality. In simple terms, Copyright Law seeks to estop third parties from gaining unduly from the cerebral outputs of the copyright owner and thus robbing him from reaping the full benefits of his labour. 

Onoyeyan affirms that, Copyright is a legal right that protects the owner of an intellectual property from being exploited. Basically, this law protects against indiscriminate copying and distribution of an author's work without permission of the author. It can be safely posited that the major objective of Copyright Law is to secure works that are protected from indiscriminate copying by others.

Copyright is a form of intellectual property right which protects from annexation the fruits of a person's work like literary works, musical works, artistic works, cinematograph films, sound recordings and broadcasts. Copyrights are related to legal rights of authors on their original published literary or artistic works.