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191	 "Performer" means actor, singer, musician, dancer,
and other person who act, sing, deliver, declaim,
play in, or otherwise perform literary and artistic
works;
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"Sound recording" means an exclusively aural
fixation of the sounds of performance or other
sounds or a representation thereof, regardless of
the method by which the sounds are fixed or the
medium in which the sounds are embodied.
However, it does not include a fixation of sound
and images such as the sound track of an
audiovisual work;

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"A work of joint ownership" means a work to .the
creation of which two or more authors have
contributed, provided that the work does not
qualify as a 'collective work' under Sub Article
(5) of this Article.

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"Work" means a production in the literary,
scientific and Artistic fields. It includes in
particular:

"Producer" means a person that undertakes the
initiative and responsibility for the making of the
audiovisual works;

21 I "Producer of sound recording" means a person that
undertakes the initiative and responsibility for the
makingof Sound recording works;

"Published work" means a work or a sound
recording, tangible copies of which have been made
available to the public in a reasonable quantity for
sale, rental, public lending or for other transfer of
the ownership or the possession of the copies,
provided that, in the case of a work, the making
available to the public took place with the consent
of the author or other owner of copyright, and in the
case of a sound recording, with the consent of the
producer ofthe sound recording."

231	 "Public lending" means a temporary transfer of
possession of an originalwork or a copy of a work
or sound recoding by libraries, archives or similar
institutions whose service is available to the public
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without making profit;
241	 "Public performance" mean:

a)	 Performing a work to the public by
recitation, playing, dancing, acting or
otherwise, either directly or using any
'communication media;
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b) In case of an audio-visual work, showing the
images in sequence and;
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c) In case of sound recording making the sound
recording audible to the public.

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a)	 books, booklets, articles in reviews and
newspaper, computer programs;
b)	 speeches, lectures, addresses, sermons, and
other oral works;
c)	 dramatic,
dramatico-musical
works,
pantomimes, choreographic works, and other
works created for stage production;
d) musical compositions;

e) audiovisual works;

f) works of architecture;

g) works of drawing, painting, sculpture,

engraving, lithography, tapestry, and other
works of fine arts;
h) photographic works;
i) illustrations, maps, plans, sketches, and three
dimensional works related to geography,
topography, architecture or science.

iI. Scope of application
251 "Reproduction" means the making of one or more
copies of a work or sound recording in any
manner or form, including any permanent or
temporary storage of work or sound; recording in
electronic form;
261 "Reprographic reproduction" means the making of
facsimile copies of the original or a copy of a
work by means other than printing such as
photocopying, whether or not they are reduced or
enlarged in scale;

27/ "Rental" means a temporary'transfer of possession
of a work, sound recording or fixation of
performance for a profit making purposes;

1/ The provisions of this Proclamation concerning the
protection of works shall apply to:
a) works of authors who are nationals of, or have
their principal residence in Ethiopia;

b)	 works first published in Ethiopia and,
works first published abroad and also
published in Ethiopia· within 30 days,
irrespective of the nationality or residence
of their authors;
c)	 audiovisual works, the producer of which has
his headquarters or principal residence in
Ethiopia; and

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