Section 8 Copyright Act

Section 8 Copyright Act 2022 is about Copyright by reference to international agreements. It is under Part I (Objectives, Scope and Subsistence of Copyright) of the Act.

(1) Copyright shall be conferred by this section on a work, if —
(a) on the date of its first publication, at least one of the authors is a —
(i) citizen of or habitually resident in, or
(ii) body corporate established by or under the laws of a country that is a party to an obligation in a treaty or other international agreement to which Nigeria is a party, or

(b) the work is first published in a country which is a party to an obligation in a treaty or other international agreement to which Nigeria is a party.

(2) Where the question arises as to whether a country is a party to an obligation in a treaty or other international agreement to which Nigeria is also a party, a certification from the Commission to that effect shall be conclusive proof of that fact.