Peculiarities of the copyright registration: its relationship with the requirement of originality

Abstract

The automatic protection of the work and the consequent recognition of copyright does not contradict the legal security provided by the registry activity. The current protection systems of creation need to find a foundation to this relationship in which the criterion of originality plays an essential role. It is impossible to speak of copyright registration unless it is approached from the perspective of originality and its special relationship. The objective of this article is to analyze the particularities that exist in the registration of copyright based on the relationship between originality and the registry activity. The work has been divided into three parts: the first is aimed at explaining the particularities of the copyright registration with special reference to the work as an object of registration; subsequently, the effects of the registry are discussed, as well as the exceptions that exist in the matter of publicity, and finally, the relationship that exists between originality as a requirement for the protection of works and registration are discussed. As the main result we can mention the foundation of the main peculiarities that exist in the registration of copyright based on the relationship between this activity and the criterion of originality.