is copywrite limited to regions?

Question

ie. if i found some music from gambia for example. and it was not copywrited could i sell it on cd in the UK for example? Or even if it was copywrited but only for africa, could i sell it then? what are artist composing copywrites to do with this?

Answer 1

Copyright laws are generally national, though there are several international treaties that provide for some uniformity between counties for registered and unregistered copyrights.