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Do I automatically get copyright protection, for example, if I take a photograph with my phone, or do I have to register my work to get protection?

Irish law does not contain any requirements in relation to the registration of title to copyright or entitlement to related rights. To the extent that no bureaucratic systems are in place (and no registration fees payable), Irish law assists creators, but there will still be a need to satisfy complex rules on originality and prove the time and place where the work was created.

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