– Law on Copyright and Related Rights, passed on December 11, 2009, published in the Official Gazette "Sluzbeni list RS" No. 104/2009 of December 16, 2009, came into effect on December 24, 2009, as amended on December 26, 2011 (amendments published in the Official Gazette "Sluzbeni list RS" No. 99/2011 of December 27, 2011), with effect from January 4, 2012, on December 15, 2012 (amendments published in the Official Gazette "Sluzbeni list RS" No. 119/2012 of December 17, 2012), with effect from December 25, 2012, and on September 17, 2019 (amendments published in the Official Gazette "Sluzbeni list RS" No. 66/2019 of September 18, 2019), with effect from September 26, 2019.
– Law on Optical Disks, passed on July 14, 2011, published in the Official Gazette "Sluzbeni list RS" No. 52/2011 of July 15, 2011, in force since July 23, 2011, with effect from January 24, 2012.
– Regulations on the Conditions for Representations of Copyright Works and Subject Matter of Related Rights to be Deposited, on Entry in the Records and Deposition of Copyright Works and Matter of Related Rights and on the Content of the Records of Deposited Copyright Works and Matter of Related Rights with the Competent Authority, passed on June 24, 2010, published in the Official Gazette "Sluzbeni list RS" No. 45/2010 of July 3, 2010, in force since July 11, 2010.

Membership in International Conventions

– Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works.
– Universal Copyright Convention.
– Phonograms Convention, since June 10, 2003.
– Rome Convention for the Protection of Performers, Producers of Phonograms and Broadcasting Organizations, since June 10, 2003.
– WIPO Copyright Treaty, since June 13, 2003.
– WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty, since June 13, 2003.
– Marrakesh Treaty, since May 24, 2020.

Protection

Registration is not required for owners of an original work. Copyright protection is automatic and free from the moment a work is created. However, registration is possible and provides benefits such as proof of ownership. 

Duration: during the lifetime of the author, plus 70 years after his death.

Registry

Authority name: Intellectual Property Office of the Republic of Serbia.  Internet address: www.zis.gov.rs  

Collective Management Organizations: OFA (https://ofa.rs), SOKOJ (www.sokoj.rs).