World Anti-Piracy Observatory
Encyclopedia
The World Anti-Piracy Observatory (WAPO) is a United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) program engineered to help combat piracy
. The program, approved in 2005 and initiated in January 2010, is the first web-based platform to gather and disseminate information about anti-piracy activities in the UNESCO Member States. A free, public service regularly updated by various partners, WAPO offers information in English
, French
and Spanish
organized by country.
Copyright infringement
Copyright infringement is the unauthorized or prohibited use of works under copyright, infringing the copyright holder's exclusive rights, such as the right to reproduce or perform the copyrighted work, or to make derivative works.- "Piracy" :...
. The program, approved in 2005 and initiated in January 2010, is the first web-based platform to gather and disseminate information about anti-piracy activities in the UNESCO Member States. A free, public service regularly updated by various partners, WAPO offers information in English
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
, French
French language
French is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...
and Spanish
Spanish language
Spanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...
organized by country.