Published works originating in Iran thus are not copyrighted in the United States, regardless of the local copyright laws of these countries. See 17 U.S.C. § 104(b)(2), quoted in the Circular. Unpublished works, however, are copyrighted regardless of their origin or of the nationality of the works' authors, as long as they remain unpublished. See 17 U.S.C. § 104(a).
Examples of popular items reproduced in Iran. The Microsoft Windows CD has a price tag equivalent to about $US2.50.
Microsoft products can be copied and distributed freely in Iran, whether by government offices, universities, or personal users.[1][2][3] There are shopping centers in Tehran and other cities in Iran that specialize in the distribution of often highly specialized software.
Recently, there has been a surge in Iranian "Warez" and "Crackz" websites, as the Iranian laws do not forbid hosting them in Iran. Hence, unlike most other countries where hosting these websites might potentially lead to prosecution, it is very efficient to do so in Iran.[4]
Offset prints of popular college textbooks in Iran. The Springer textbook on Quantum Mechanics seen here is printed by "Jahad Daneshgahi", a government-affiliated organization.
It is not uncommon nowadays for IRIB, Iran's state run television broadcasting organization, to air edited and censored versions of Hollywood blockbusters dubbed in Persian.[5] Some theaters however, such as Cinema Farhang in Tehran, screen the movies in the original language. None are screened with permission, as there are no relations between Iran and any US companies.[citation needed]
In Iran, often the unlicensed DVD of a Hollywood film hits stores across Iran sooner than the movie is released in theaters in the US. Most newly released movies however, are in-theater-handycam versions. Nevertheless, there is no shortage of unlicensed DVD-quality reproductions.
Academia, for example, relies almost entirely on translations of textbooks without licensing by foreign publishers. If in English, the books are offset prints that enable students to purchase textbooks at subsidized prices. However, the differences between the original and unauthorized copies of textbooks is the replacement of image inside the textbook in order to comply with Iranian culture instead of western-styled culture while retaining most of the original contents inside the textbook. Furthermore, these textbooks are often exported for sale at cheaper prices in other countries, which do maintain copyright relations with the United States.[6]
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Circular 38a: International Copyright Relations of the United States
^"Iranian Government Runs Public Warez Server - TorrentFreak". 24 August 2010. Retrieved 15 July 2017.
^Example Link from IRIB-1's program schedule: Dead Man, starring Johnny Depp: . Archived from the original on 2007-01-06. Retrieved 2006-12-14.. Click on "Next Program" and "Previous program" to see more movie listings on IRIB-1.
^"Iran Exporting Pirated English Language Books to Georgia". FinChannel. 4 July 2011. Retrieved 8 October 2014.
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WIPO's BERNE membership list of states
Iran’s New Law On IP Protection Moves It Onto International Stage (2008)
Iranian Government encourages piracy
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