National Measures for Protection of Folklore

Development of communication technology have facilitated and increased the commercial exploitation of different works based on expression of folklore. Nowadays, in many shopping centers around the world, it is easy to see, buy and then reproduce the works based on the traditional knowledge and folklore. So, the commercial exploitation of the folklore in this way created some concerns for the governments and local communities and in many cases it does not have any benefit for their holders. All these concerns have moved up the need for creation of strong national legal systems for protection of folklore and giving more control to government and local communities. Therefore, the legislation bodies of different countries with devising and application of different model laws have established their legal system for protection of folklore. In this article, in light of the consideration of such models, we will study certain national laws for protection of folklore.