Copyright Protection
Authors/copyright holders whose copyrights have been infringed have the right to receive just compensation. When determining such compensation the courts take a number of elements into account such as the author’s cultural standing, the value of the work as such, the value of the work in the market place and the extent to which the infringing party has profited from the exploitation of the work.
In addition the author (or the heirs or legal successors) may request that the courts take measures to:
- halt the infringement
- confiscate the infringing work, its reproductions, copies or any other material used in the reproduction
- destroy the work’s reproductions or copies.
- confiscate the revenues resulting from the copyright infringement
In instances of counterfeiting or the utilization of an author’s exclusive right without authorization, the infringing party may be subject to criminal penalties in the form of imprisonment for a period not less than three months and not more than three years and a fine not less than one thousand Jordanian Dinars and not more than three thousand Jordanian Dinars.
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