Apply In-Person

1. To register a Copyright in Zambia, the applicant will have to contact the Patents and Companies Registration Agency (PACRA). Please tap on the following contact details link.
2. Make sure to have all the documents that are listed under the “Required Documents” section of this page.
3. An application form will be provided to the applicant upon visiting any Zambia Development Authority office.
4. Where a claim is for copyright in relation to a work already on the register, the Registrar may waive the requirement that a copy of the work be lodged with the application.
5. Once understanding the guideline properly, the applicant has to fill in all the necessary information in the application form.
6. Submit the application form with necessary attachments to the office.
7. Pay the fee as given in the “Fees” section of this page.
8. On receiving a claim in accordance with this section, the Registrar will register the copyright, assign it an identifying number and issue a certificate of registration.
9. A copy of the work may be inspected at the office of the Registrar.
10. Collect the certificate from the office in a stipulated Period of Time.

• A claim for registration, in a form approved by the Registrar.
• Copy of the work in which copyright is claimed.
• A statutory declaration that he is the owner of the copyright described
• Cash or Managers’ Cheque for license fees.

The Revenue Authority
Pacra House
Haile Selassie Avenue, Long Acres
P.O.Box 32020
Lusaka, Zambia
Contact no.: (+260) 211-255127
(+260) 211-255151
Email address: pro@pacra.org.zm
Contact Details link.

• Any owner of a copyright who wishes to register their work.

• Application Fee: ZK 20.
• License Fee: Pay as per the authority’s request.

• The registration will be valid for the period mentioned in the license.

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• The processing time depends on the verification of submitted documents.

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, google video, html5, metacafe, myspace, revver,
sevenload, viddler, vimeo, youku, youtube
width = 560, height = 340, Video ID = Can be obtained from the URL of the 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'.

• Application forms that are incorrectly filled, incomplete or altered will not be processed.

• Particulars of the owner of the copyright.
• The type of copyright claimed and any limitations on the copyright held by that owner.
• The date on which the copyright arose.
• The person from whom the copyright was acquired, if the owner of the copyright is not the first owner of the copyright.
• Any other matters required by the approved form.

• License of registration is mandatory to be granted to own a copyright in Zambia.

• Copyright and Performance Act of Zambia link.

• Copyright protection enables the holder of the copyright to take legal action against infringers in a court.

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