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Part one – Copyright
Title I. – Principles
Article 1. Nature of copyright. – The author of a work of the mind shall enjoy in that
work an exclusive incorporeal property right that shall be enforceable against all persons.
Article 2. Absence of formality. – 1. Copyright shall arise from the mere fact of
creation.
2. A work shall be deemed to have been created, irrespective of any public disclosure or
physical fixation, by the mere fact of realization of the author’s concept, even if
incomplete.
Article 3. Dual nature of copyright. – Copyright shall include attributes of both a
moral and an economic nature.
Article 4. Relationship between corporeal property and incorporeal property. – 1.
The incorporeal property right set out in Article 1 shall be independent of ownership of
the physical object.
2. Ownership of such object shall not vest in the owner any of the rights afforded by the
present Law.
3. Similarly, ownership of copyright shall not vest in the copyright owner any right of
ownership of such object.
4. The copyright owner may be authorized by the courts, on terms determined by them,
to access the physical object to the extent necessary for the exercise of his rights.
Title II. – Subject matter of copyright
Chapter I. – Protected works
Article 5. Irrelevance of form of expression, merit or purpose. - The provisions of
the present Law shall protect the rights of authors in all works of the mind, whatever their
form of expression, merit or purpose.
Article 6. List of protected works of the mind. – Intellectual creations of a literary or
artistic nature shall be considered works of the mind within the meaning of the present
Law, in particular:
1. works using language, whether literary, scientific or technical, including computer
programs, and whether written or oral;
2. dramatic works and other works intended for stage presentation and productions
thereof;
3. choreographic works, circus acts and feats and dumb-show works;
4. musical works with or without words;
5. works consisting of sequences of moving images, with or without sound, known as
audiovisual works;