What are the penalties of breaking copyright laws in Ghana?

Answer 1

Under current copyright laws in Ghana (revised 2005) an infringement of copyright occurs when any of the following rights are violated.

(a) the reproduction of a copyrighted work in any manner or form,
(b) the translation, adaptation, arrangement or any other transformation
of the work,
(c) public performance, broadcasting and/or communication of the work
to the public,
(d) distribution to the public of originals or copies of the work by
way of first sales or other first transfer of ownership, and
(e) commercial rental to the public of originals or copies of the work.

Answer 2

This is from the text of the Ghana Copyright Law of 2005 (the full text is available at the link below)...

Penalty for copyright offence

43. A person who infringes a right protected under this Act commits an offence

and is liable on summary conviction to a fine of not more than one thousand penalty

units and not less than five hundred penalty units or to a term of imprisonment of not

more than three years or to both;and in the case of a continuing offence to a further

fine of not less than twenty-five penalty units and not more than one hundred penalty

units for each day during which the offence continues..

Answer 3

Copyright laws in Ghana are very similar to those in the United States. The provisions for "automatic" protection are the same (an original work that is fixed). Additionally the terms of protection are identical (Life of the author + 70 years) as well as what is protected (literary work, artistic work, musical work sound recording, audio-visual work, choreographic work, derivative work and computer software or programs)

Answer 4

400 penalty points