- I. Legislation
- II. Measures and remedies
- III. Enforcement
- IV. Public Awareness
- V. Capacity-building
- VI. Other
UNESCO
WORLD ANTI PIRACY OBSERVATORY
Country profile based on information provided by the Zimbabwe Music Rights Association, January 2009
The copyright legislation in Zimbabwe is composed of the following statutes: Copyright and Neighboring Rights Act [Chapter 26:05] 2000 and Copyright and Neighboring Rights Regulations 2006.
The other laws pertaining to anti-piracy measures and copyright enforcement are: The Copyright and Neighboring Rights Act [Chapter 26:05] 2000 entered into force the September10, 2004. It repeals the Copyright Act [Chapter 26: 01].
No amendments are currently planned.
Zimbabwean Copyright laws provide copyright owners with both exclusive economic and moral rights.
Exclusive rights of the Authors
a) Economic Rights
The copyright owners enjoy the exclusive right to do or to authorize the doing of the following acts to their works of original authorship under section 17 (a – h) of the Copyright Act: These exclusive economic rights apply in all the domains protected under copyright.
b) Moral Rights
The moral rights of the author are established under section 61 and 64 of the Copyright Act.
Moral rights include the right to be identified as the author of the work and right to object to derogatory treatment of work.
Moral rights are not transmissible and are enforced in all respects as if the persons in whom they vest were owners of copyright and such infringements of rights were infringements of that copyright (s 67).
Exclusive Rights of owners of neighboring rights
Neighboring rights are enforced in the same way as copyright is enforced (s 77).
The performers’ rights include the following: The producers’ rights of sound recordings include the following; I. Legislation
1. Copyright laws
2. Other laws
3. Latest developments and perspectives
4. Summary of legislation