(MENAFN- AzerNews) By Aygul Salmanova
The international conference dedicated to the issues of copyright and the fight against piracy and counterfeit products organized jointly by the Copyright Agency of Azerbaijan and the World Intellectual Property Organization, was held in Baku on December 13.
The conference was attended by representatives of the World Trade Organization (WHO), well-known international experts, experts from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan.
While addressing the event, Kamran Imanov, the Chairman of the Copyright Agency of Azerbaijan, noted that Azerbaijan still faces the problem of Armenian plagiarism and piracy.
Imanov stressed that these attempts are clearly based on political interests, and today the issue of protecting the tangible and intangible heritage acquires a political and legal character.
The purposeful attempts at appropriation of ancient monuments, folklore, folk music, samples of cuisine, carpets, dances, musical instruments of neighboring peoples, in particular Azerbaijanis, by Armenians are not a manifestation of the 'process of intercultural integration, he noted.
'The goal is to appropriate material and intangible cultural heritage, samples of folklore, traditional knowledge belonging to Azerbaijan, collection of falsified 'factual material of the Hays (Armenians call themselvesHay) that allegedly are 'autochthonous, 'inhabitants with the most ancient roots of the South Caucasus region, the realization of the illusion of 'the great culture of Hay, Great Armenia", and creating false opinion among the international community, Imanov noted.
The chairman also said that the roots of Armenian plagiarism are closely connected with territorial claims. It is necessary to put an end to the 'Armenian-Hay tradition of appropriating Azerbaijani cultural traditions and its modern relapses, Imanov said.
Technological development requires new methods and algorithms to protect copyrights in the digital environment, while making remarks on the technological trends in Azerbaijan, he told reporters.
The technological changes taking place today, in a certain sense, create problems in the field of copyright, said Imanov.
'This is due to the fact that existing traditional methods and algorithms cannot adapt quickly to the digital environment, but on the other hand, the digital environment is a colossal stream of information, which is calculated daily in two quintecons bytes. This means that 90 percent of the world's information was generated only in the last 2-3 years. Therefore, we should look for new methods and algorithms for copyright protection in the digital environment, he said.
In addition, Imanov notes that protected by traditional methods, the object of copyright differs from its digital counterpart. These differences cause the existing forms of copyright protection to lose their force and this also requires new legal approaches.
'The protection of copyright in such an important system and the wide dissemination and accessibility of the Internet, creates the so-called imbalance in this system, since technological advances give great advantages to consumers, and the authors' positions are weakened, he said, adding that today Azerbaijan gained recognition in the world, took the path of innovative development and along with it the country shows high rates in world ratings. 'In the index of global competitiveness the country moved from the 37th place to the 35th place. Reforms conducted by the head of state are positively reflected in the field of intellectual property protection.
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