SECTION: 2.3 SUBJECT MATTER OF COPYRIGHT: DERIVATIVE WORKS AND COMPILATIONS (a) The subject matter of copyright as specified by section 2.2 (m) and (n) includes compilations and derivation works, but protection for a work employing pre-existing material in which copyright subsists does not extend to any part of the work in which such material has been unlawfully. (b) The copyright in a compilation or derivative work extends only to the material contributed by the author of such work, as distinguished from the pre-existing material employed in the work, and does not imply any exclusive right in the pre-existing material. The copyright in such work is dependent of, and does not affect or enlarge the scope, duration, ownership, or subsistence of, any copyright protection in the pre-existing material. SECTION: 2.4 SUBJECT MATTER OF COPYRIGHT: NATIONAL ORIGIN (I) Unpublished works: the works specified by section 2.2 while published, are subject to protection under this chapter without regard to the nationality of domicile of the author. (2) Published works are: (a) The works specified in section 2.2, when published, are subject to protection under this chapter, if, on the date of the first publication, one or more of the authors is a national or domiciliary or the Republic of Liberia, or is a national, domiciliary or sovereign authority of a foreign nation that is a party to a copyright treaty to which the Republic of Liberia is also party or is a stateless person wherever that person may be domicile, or if the work has been first published in the Republic of Liberia is also a party. And such countries at the date hereof and what in the schedule and this act. (b) When any country other than Liberia, becomes or ceases to be a party to a copyright treaty to which Liberia is a party, the Minister of Justice shall by (legislative instrument) amend the schedule to this Act by inserting or deleting the name of the country as the case may be; (c) For the purposes of this section, a publication in Liberia or in any other country shall not be treated as being other than the first publication by reason only of an earlier publication elsewhere if the publication took place within the period of 30 days. SECTION: 2.5 SUBJECT MATTER OF COPYRIGHT: LIBERIAN GOVERNMENT WORKS AND WORKS OF PUBLIC BENEFITS Copyright protection under this chapter is not available for any works of the Government or works of public benefit, including the following: (a) laws and decisions of courts and administrative bodies, as well as to official translations thereof; 8