(v) “rebroadcasting” means simultaneous broadcasting by a broadcasting organization of a broadcast
of another broadcasting organization;
(w) “performance” means the act of reciting, playing, dancing or otherwise performing a work either
directly or by means of any device or process. In the case of an audiovisual work, it is the showing of
its images in sequence or making its accompanying sounds audible at a place or at places where
persons outside the normal circle of the family and its closest acquaintances are or can be present,
irrespective of whether they are or can be present at the same place and time, or at different places
and/or times, and where the performance can be perceived without the need for communication to
the public;
“Broadcasting” includes broadcasting by satellite, which is broadcasting by transmitting a work to a
satellite, including both ascent and descent phases of the transmission until the time that the work is
communicated to the public;
(x) “Reproduction” means the making of one or more copies of a work or phonogram, or a part of
both, in any manner or form, including the recording of sounds and images and permanent or
temporary storage of the work or phonogram in electronic form;
(y) “reprographic reproduction” means the making of copies in facsimile of originals or of copies of
the work by means other than painting, for example by photocopying. The making of reduced or
enlarged copies in facsimile is also considered to be reprographic reproduction.
Article 2
Copyright is the exclusive right of the author of a literary or artistic work, or of his assignees, which
shall comprise moral and economic implications, as determined by this Act.
This Act shall be applicable to literary and artistic works (hereinafter referred to as “works”) that are
original intellectual creations in the literary and artistic domain, whatever may be the genre, value,
purpose, mode or form of their expression.
Article 3
The authors of original literary or artistic works shall be entitled to copyright protection for their
works in accordance with the provisions of this Act.
The copyright protection provided for by this Act shall not be subject to any formalities.
CHAPTER II: PROTECTED WORKS
Article 4
Literary and artistic works shall include:
(a) books, pamphlets and other writings, including computer programs;
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