(4) The provisions of international treaties shall remain unaffected.
Chapter II
Subject Matter of Protection
Article 4
Subject Matter of Protection: General
(1) The author of any original literary or artistic work of the mind shall enjoy, by the
mere fact of its creation, an exclusive incorporeal property right in the work which shall be
enforceable against all persons. This right shall include attributes of an intellectual and moral
nature as well as attributes of an economic nature, as determined by this Annex.
(2) The protection deriving from the rights laid down in paragraph (1), hereinafter
referred to as “protection”, shall begin with the creation of the work even if the work is not
fixed on a material medium.
Article 5
Subject Matter of Protection: Works
(1) This Annex shall apply to literary and artistic works, hereinafter referred to as
“works”, constituting original creations of the mind in the literary, artistic and scientific
fields, such as
(i) works expressed in writing, including computer programs;
(ii) lectures, addresses, sermons and other works composed of words and expressed
orally;
(iii) musical works, whether or not accompanied by words;
(iv) dramatic and dramatico-musical works;
(v) choreographic works and mimed works;
(vi) audiovisual works;
(vii) works of fine art: drawings, paintings, sculptures, engravings and lithographs;
(viii) works of architecture;
(ix) photographic works;
(x) works of applied art;
(xi) illustrations, maps, plans, sketches and three-dimensional works relating to
geography, topography, architecture or science;
(xii) pressions of folklore and works derived from folklore.
(2) Protection shall be independent of the mode or form of expression, of the quality
and of the purpose of the work.
Article 6
Subject Matter of Protection:
Derivative Works and Collections
(1) The following shall also be protected as works: