REGISTRATION OF COMPUTER PROGRAMS AND SOFTWARE
Another sector protected by copyright is the software and IT sector and its products. Computer programs are protected as scientific and literary works according to Law No. 846. Works, including software, benefit from automatic protection that starts from the moment they are created. There is no need for the software to be registered or approved by any institution for the protection to begin. However, it is possible for the works to be registered and registered by the General Directorate of Copyright of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism upon the request of the rights holders. If software is used without the permission of the rights holders, it is possible to file civil and criminal cases within the scope of Law No. 5846.
According to the LAW on INTELLECTUAL AND ARTISTIC WORKS, the legal rights granted to companies or individuals who register computer programs and databases under the title of infringement of financial rights are as follows;
1. Persons who sell or distribute a work or copies of works reproduced by themselves in violation of the provisions of this contract, despite the existence of an existing contract between them, will be sentenced to imprisonment from three months to two years, or to a heavy fine from ten to fifty billion liras, or to both, taking into account the severity of the damage. ,
2. Persons who sell a work or its reproduced copies in the places listed in the seventh paragraph of Article 81 of this Law without the permission of the right owner will be sentenced to imprisonment from three months to two years, or a heavy fine from five billion to fifty billion liras, or both, taking into account the severity of the damage.
