(7) National folklore: Any expression which consists of distinctive
elements reflecting the traditional popular heritage, which originated
or developed in Egypt, including in particular:
(a) Oral expressions such as folk tales, poetry and charades, and other
folklore;
(b) Musical expressions such as popular songs accompanied by music;
(c) Motion expressions, such as popular dances, plays, artistic forms
and rituals;
(d). Tangible expressions such as:
-- Products of popular plastic art, particularly drawings with lines
and colors, engravings, sculpture, ceramics, pottery, woodwork and any
inlaid designs, mosaics, metal or jewelry, hand-woven bags, needlework,
textiles, carpets and clothes;
-- Musical instruments;
-- Architectural forms.
(8) Public domain: Domain including all works initially excluded from
protection or works in respect of which the term of protection of
economic rights expires, in accordance with the provisions of this Book.
(9) Reproduction: Making one or more exact copies of a work or a sound
recording, in any manner or form, including permanent or temporary
storage of the work or sound recording in an electronic form.
(10) Publication: Any act which is liable to make available to the public,
in any manner, a work, a sound recording, a broadcast program or a
performance.
Works may be made available to the public subject to the consent of
the author or copyright owner. Sound recordings, broadcast programs
or performances may be made available to the public subject to the
consent of the producer or his successor.
(11) Producer of an audio- or an audiovisual work: A natural person
who, or a legal entity which, takes the initiative to produce and to
assume the responsibility for making the audio- or audiovisual work.
(12) Performers: Persons who act, sing, deliver, declaim, play, dance
or otherwise perform, including expressions of folklore, in literary
or artistic works protected by the provisions of this Law or belonging
to the public domain.
(13) Producer of sound recordings: A natural person who, or a legal
53