On 29 June 2022, the Assembly of the Republic approved the new
Copyright Law of Mozambique, Law 9/2022. The new law came into
force on 26 September 2022.
The new Copyright Act is aimed at promoting and
safeguarding the protection of literary, artistic and
scientific works. The scope of works eligible for
protection has been expanded under the new Act. In terms of the
Act, copyright belongs to the intellectual creator of the work and
is recognized irrespective of registration, filing or any other
formality.
Notably, disabled persons (whose activity is not aimed at
commercial gain) may without authorisation and without making
payment, create an accessible format version of a lawfully
published literary work, reproduce it, distribute, make available,
import and export it.
