Tehran Publishers’ Viewpoints about Copyright in Iran

Document Type : Research َ Article

Authors

1 Assistant Professor of Library and Information Science, Islamic Azad University, Shahr-e-Rey branch, I.R. Iran

2 Head of the Central Library of Sama Technical and Vocational College, Islamic Azad University, Karaj Branch; Karaj, I.R. Iran

Abstract

Purpose: This study aims to investigate Tehran publishers’ viewpoints about the situation of copyright
in Iran.
Design/Methodology/Approach: The study is done based on survey and analysis method. The
data gathering tool is a researcher-made Likert scale 5 point questionnaire. The statistical population
comprises active publishers in Tehran. For analyzing the information and testing the hypothesis,
both Friedman and Chi-squared Tests have been applied.
Findings: 81% of Tehran publishers believe that the copyright laws in Iran are incomplete and
outdated and need to be modified. 54% of Tehran publishers believe that the present copyright
laws prevent the publication industry from reaching a higher level of progression in quality. 23%
of publishers are convinced of the government measures in struggling with breakers of copyright
laws and also judicial courts tracking in this field. 33% of them are satisfied with the authors’
respect to copyright laws. 46% of the publishers are delighted by the publishers’ respect to the
authors’ material and intellectual rights and evaluated the rate of implementation of laws for interior
authors’ copyright satisfactory. According to the findings of this research 43% of publishers
acknowledge that the copyright laws protect the Iranian authors’ works from unauthorized
duplications. Lack of commitment of the present copyright law of Iran to international copyright
laws is believed as an advantageous chance for Iranian consumers of translated books by 58% of
the statistical population. 65% of them believe that these deficiencies deprive Persian books from
International legal protection, 80% of them believe that this lack of commitment makes international
cultural communities distrustful to the publishing industry of Iran in relation. 79% of the
studied publishers believe that deficiencies of copyright law increases repetitive translation for
one available book and finally 73% of them believe that it reduces the quality of the translations.
Conclusion: This study concludes that from the viewpoint of Tehran publishers the copyright
laws in Iran do not meet the requirements which result in awful effects on translated books’ publication
system.

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Librarianship and Information Organization Studies
Volume 24, Issue 2 - Serial Number 2
94
September 2013
Pages 42-56

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  • Receive Date: 12 August 2012
  • Revise Date: 07 April 2015
  • Accept Date: 26 December 2012

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