Apply In-Person

1. To give a music and film copyright notice, you should make your application to the Jamaica Intellectual Property Office (JIPO). Please view the JIPO office location map and contact details via this JIPO contacts link.
2. visit the JIPO office to obtain the Music and Film Form. You can also download the form from the JIPO website Application forms link (find “Music and Film Form” under COPYRIGHT).
3. Complete the notice form accordingly and obtain the copy of the work you are issuing the notice for and attach it to the form.
4. Then visit the JIPO office and pay the necessary fees of $500 payable to the Commissioner of Customs and obtain the payment receipt.
5. Then submit your complete application along with your work and the payment receipt to the JIPO official at the service desk for verification.
6. The JIPO officer will confirm that the notice form is completed correctly and forward the application for further processing.
7. The notice will be processed and submit to Jamaica customs to execute the request for the notice.
   

• Application form.
• Work to be protected.
• Payment receipt.
  

Jamaica Intellectual Property Office
Address:18 Trafalgar Road, Kingston 10Jamaica, West Indies
Tel: 876.946-1300, 946-0789, 946-9216
Fax: 876.927-6744
Email: info@jipo.gov.jmFor
copyrights: copyright@jipo.gov.jm
Contact details
Website link

National Library of Jamaica (NLJ)
Address: 12 East StreetKingston
Tel: (876)967-1526, (876)967-1526, (876)967-2494

Local Societies:
Jamaica Music Society Ltd (JAMMS)
Address: Building No.27 Stanton Terrace
Kingston 6
Tel: 876 978 3275 / 876 322 4245
Email: jamms@point2point.com.jm

The Jamaica Association of Authors
Composers & Publishers (JACAP)
21 Connolley AvenueKingston 4
Tel: 876 9486439, 876 9485937
Email: jacap@cwjamaica.com

The author or person who creates a work or his/her legal representative is eligible to apply.

$500 payable to the Commissioner of Customs.

Explain the time until which the certificate/document is valid.
e.g. Birth Certificate Valid Forever

Application form

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The application is processed within one day.

Videos explaining the procedure or to fill the applications.
Attach videos using the following tag <&video type='website'>video ID|width|height<&/video&> from external websites.
Please remove the '&' inside the tags during implementation.
Website = allocine, blip, dailymotion, facebook, gametrailers, googlevideo, html5, metacafe, myspace, revver,
sevenload, viddler, vimeo, youku, youtube
width = 560, height = 340, Video ID = Can be obtained from the URL of webpage where the video is displayed.
e.g In the following url 'http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0US7oR_t3M' Video ID is 'Y0US7oR_t3M'.

Please provide other instructions related to the certificate/documents.
e.g. The state office holds birth records since january 1908.

• Name of signatory.
• Name and address of the author.
• Title of music or film.
• Label, marking, or statement borne by work.
• Date copyright expires.
• Date copyright expires.
• Details of Expected Importation.
• Declaration.
  

The notice provided protection against any infringing Copies of a Sound Recording or Film to be imported into Jamaica.

Copyright act

Please explain what are other uses of obtaining this document/certificate.
e.g. Birth Certificate can be used as proof of identity.

JIPO

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