The Hellenic Copyright Organization (HCO) organizes two Pan-Hellenic Students Contests, one for high school students and, in co-operation with Microsoft, one for pupils of the sixth grade of elementary school.

The subject of the high school contest is the creation of a slogan for the protection of copyright. The suggested slogan should be accompanied by an explanatory text of up to 150 words.

The contest’s subject for the sixth grade of elementary school is the creation of a poster for the promotion of copyright.

The objective of the contests is to raise public awareness on the protection of copyright as well as on the negative consequences of the theft of spiritual works.

The prizes for the first two winners of the high school contest are a journey for each one to the U.S.A. and visits to the studios of Hollywood with the escort of their guardian guaranteed. The rest of the prizes include laptops, encyclopedias, DVD’s, season tickets for Ster Cinemas and greek music CDs. The prizes for the pupils of the sixth grade of elementary school include laptops, software, commendations from the World Intellectual Property Organization and many more.

The students’ entries for the two contests should be sent to the premises of HCO (5 Metsovou str. – 106 82 Athens) until the 17th of March 2008. The entries will be evaluated by committees which will be established for this purpose.

The prizes will be awarded during the celebration of the World Intellectual Property Day that will take place on April 19th 2008 in the Syntagma metro station Hall.

For more information, please visit the Website of the Students’ Contests www.lavemeros.gr, or send an e-mail at opiorg@otenet.gr or call the Hellenic Copyright Organization at 210 8250750.