(2)

The protection deriving from the rights laid down in paragraph (1), hereinafter
referred to as “protection”, shall begin with the creation of the work even if the work
is not fixed on a material carrier.

Article 4: Subject Matter of Protection: Works
(1)

The present Decree shall apply to literary and artistic works (hereinafter “works”)
which are original intellectual creations in the literary and artistic domain, such as:
(i)
works expressed in writing, including computer programs;
(ii)
conferences, speeches, sermons and other spoken works;
(iii)
musical works, with or without a written form and with or without
accompanying words;
(iv)
dramatic and dramatico-musical works;
(v)
choreographic works and pantomimes;
(vi)
audiovisual works;
(vii)
works of fine art, including drawing, painting, sculpture, engraving and
lithography;
(viii)
works of architecture;
(ix)
photographic works,
(x)
works of applied art;
(xi)
illustrations, maps, plans, sketches and three‐dimensional works relating
to geography, topography, architecture and science

(2) Protection shall be independent of the mode or form of expression, or of the quality
and of the purpose of the work
Article 5: Subject Matter of Protection: Derived Works and Collections
(1)

(2)

The following shall also be protected as works
(i)
translations, adaptations, arrangements and other transformations of
(ii)
works and expressions of folklore;
(iii)
collections of works, expressions of folklore or of simple facts or data, such
as encyclopedias, anthologies and databases which, owing to the selection
and arrangement of their contents, are original.
Protection of the works referred to in paragraph (1) shall not affect the protection of
pre-existing works used in the making of such works.

Article 6: Subject Matter not Protected
The protection afforded by this Decree shall not extend to:
(i) official texts of a legislative, administrative or judicial nature, or to the official translations
thereof;
(ii) news of the day;
(iii) simple facts and data

Chapter III – Rights Protected
Article 7: Moral Rights

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