Namibian Society of Composers and Authors of Music (NASCAM) Chief Executive Officer, Eino-John Max said Namibian artists are confused about what copyright and intellectual property are and why it is important to register their work. NASCAM administers the rights of authors, composers and publishers of music in Namibia and currently has over 7 000 registered artists. Max told NAMPA on Wednesday that NASCAM is responsible for administering its members' rights by registering their musical work, with the primary goal of collecting and distributing royalties to individual rights holders or serving the interests of authors, composers and publishers of music. He said Intellectual property rights are economic benefit rights generated when objects or tangible properties are created, and these rights are divided into two categories - copyright and industrial property rights. Copyright only protects expressions and not ideas, it protects 'originality' but not ideas.