Copyright law of Sri Lanka

The basic legal instrument governing copyright law in Sri Lanka is Part II (ss.

36 of 2003 (Sinhala: 2003 අංක 36 දරන බුද්ධිමය දේපල පනත; Tamil: 2003ஆம் ஆண்டின் 36ஆம் இலக்க புலமைச்சொத்து பாதுகாப்பு சட்டம்)[1] replacing Part II (ss.

The owner of copyright has the exclusive right to carry out or to authorize the following acts in relation to the work (economic rights, s. 9): Protected is the entire work as well as a substantial part thereof.

The owner of a copyright may Furthermore, the author of a work enjoys the following moral rights (s. 10): Acts of fair use include inter alia (s. 12) The economic and moral rights are protected during the lifetime of the author and for a further period of 70 years from the date of his death (p.m.a.

When copyright is infringed, the Court has power and jurisdiction to grant injunctions, to order the impounding and destruction of illegal copies and to award damages (ss.