Abstract This paper examines the challenges of copyright implementation in the Ghanaian textile market. Specifically, the paper looks at the challenges of administering copyright law in an informal market structure governed by both cultural norms and legal precepts. Using qualitative data collected from interviews and documents, this paper argues that copyright laws do not adequately take into account the normative systems that govern the production of textile as a cultural good. Therefore, challenges faced by the state to regulate piracy in the textile market exist because of the gap between formal legal provisions for conducting business and informal norms and market practices. The paper concludes that the copyright law in its current form does not address the normative practices at the core of trading textiles and that piracy can be effectively controlled if copyright laws incorporate cultural ideas and definition of design, authorship and ownership in the textile industry.

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“我们拥有设计权”：审问加纳纺织品市场上的盗版设计

摘要 本文考察了加纳纺织品市场版权实施的挑战。具体而言，本文着眼于在受文化规范和法律规则约束的非正式市场结构中管理版权法所面临的挑战。本文使用从访谈和文件中收集的定性数据，认为版权法没有充分考虑将纺织品作为文化产品生产的规范体系。因此，由于开展业务的正式法律规定与非正式规范和市场惯例之间存在差距，国家在规范纺织品市场中的盗版方面面临挑战。