MONROVIA, May 1 -- The Copyright Society of Liberia (COSOL) is the Secretariat within the Copyright Department of the Liberia Intellectual Property Office (LIPO).

COSOL is the Liberian Government's arm for the protection and promotion of people's creative works. Some of creative works are: books, Journals, Pamphlet, movie, music, photography, choreography, and scientific invention.

COSOL's other functions include: the collection of royalties for the arbitrary use of creative contents by the electronic media and the adequate distribution of royalties to owners whose works are used.

The new Executive Director of COSOL is Mr. James Y. Draper.

He is former Executive Secretary of the Liberian National Commission for United Nations Educatio...