§9.4. Subject Matter Not Protected
Notwithstanding the provisions of Sections 9.2 and 9.3 of this Part, no protection shall extend under this
Part to:
a) any idea, procedure, system, method of operation, mathematical concept, principle, discovery or
mere data.
b) any official legislative, judicial, or administrative text, including the Laws of the Government of
Liberia, as well as any official translation thereof;
c) news of the day or miscellaneous facts having the character of mere items of press information;
and
d) political speeches and speeches delivered in the course of legal proceedings.
§9.5. Copyright in Works of Government and International Bodies
Copyright is conferred by this section on any work eligible for copyright which is created pursuant to a
commission from the Government or such international body or non-governmental body as may be
prescribed by LIPO and on which no copyright has otherwise been conferred under any other section
applicable.
§9.6. Economic Rights
a) Subject to exceptions provided for in this Act, the owner of copyright shall have the exclusive right
to carry out or to authorize the following acts in relation to the work:
i.
reproduction of the work;
ii.
translation of the work;
iii.
adaptation, arrangement or other transformation of the work;
iv. rental of the original or a copy of an audiovisual work, a work embodied in a sound
recording or a computer program or other works to the public;
v.
public performance of the work;
vi.
broadcasting of the work;
vii.
other communication to the public of the work.
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