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4 works of architecture erected in the Republic of Chad;
5 – works that are entitled to protection pursuant to an international treaty to which the
Republic of Chad is a party.
Article 3: The integrity or authorship of works may not be infringed even where,
pursuant to the preceding Article, they are not protected by the law.
The exploitation of such works shall be subject to the collection of royalties by the
Chadian Copyright Office provided for in Article 119 of the present Law, which shall use
them for welfare and cultural purposes for the benefit of Chadian authors and performers.
Section 2: Protected works
Article 4: Original literary, artistic and scientific works shall be protected in accordance
with the provisions of Part 1 of the present Law.
Article 5: The following shall be considered works of the mind under the present Law:
1 – written works (books, brochures and other literary, artistic and scientific writings);
2 – oral works (lectures, addresses, sermons, pleadings and other works of that nature);
3 dramatic or dramaticomusical works;
4 choreographic works, circus acts and feats, and entertainments in dumb show the
realization of which is fixed in writing or in another form;
5 musical compositions with or without words;
6 cinematographic works and other works consisting of sequences of moving images,
with or without sound, referred to together as audiovisual works;
7 works of drawing, painting, architecture, sculpture, engraving and lithography;
8 graphic and typographic works;
9 photographic works and works produced using techniques analogous to photography;
10 – works of applied art;
11 – geographical illustrations and maps;
12 plans, sketches and threedimensional works relating to geography, topography,
architecture and science;