entity which, first fixes sounds for any work or performance for a
performer, other than fixing of the sounds on images in preparing an
audiovisual work.
(14) Broadcasting: Sound or audiovisual transmission, by wireless
means for public reception, of a work, performance, sound recording
or recording of a work or a performance, including transmission by
satellite.
(15) Public performance: Any act which is liable to make the work
available to the public in any form, such as acting, declaiming, playing
or transmission so as to bring the public in direct contact with the
work through performance, sound recording, visual or aural means.
(16) Communication to the public: Transmission by wire or wireless means
of images, sounds, images and sounds, of a work, performance, sound
recording, broadcast in such a way that, where such transmission is
the only means of reception, any person other than family members and
close friends can receive in any place different from where transmission
originates, irrespective of time and place of reception, including time
and place individually chosen by means of a computer or any other means.
(17) Broadcasting organization: Any person who or entity which is
entrusted with or responsible for aural or audiovisual broadcasting
by wireless means.
(18) Competent minister: Minister of Culture; the Minister of
Information shall be competent in connection with broadcasting
organizations, and the Minister of Communication and Information shall
be competent in connection with computer programs and databases.
(19) Competent ministry: Ministry of Culture; the Ministry of
Information shall be competent in connection with broadcasting
organizations, and the Ministry of Communication and Information shall
be competent in connection with computer programs and databases.
Article 139
The prescribed protection of copyright and related rights covers
Egyptians and foreigners, whether natural persons or legal entities,
who belong to a member country in the World Trade Organization or having
such status.
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