(b) lectures, lessons, talks, sermons and other
works of a similar nature;
(c) dramatic and dramaticomusical works;
(d) works of choreography or mime whose staging
is set out in written or any other form;
(e) musical compositions, with or without words;
(f) cinematographic works and works produced
by processes analogous to cinematography;
(g) works of drawing, painting, architecture,
sculpture, engraving and lithography;
(h) photographic works and works produced by
processes analogous to photography;
(i) works of applied art;
(j) illustrations and geographical maps;
(l) plans, sketches and threedimensional works
relating to geography, topography, architecture
or sciences.
the Corporative Chamber, which explains this point
precisely and at length. There was also the issue of
harmonizing the text with the draft of the future Civil
Code, purging it of any elements which might be
prejudiced by the entry into force of that Code.
Accordingly:
The Corporative Chamber being heard:
Using the powers granted by the first part of paragraph
2 of Article 109 of the Constitution, the Government
decrees and I enact the following as law:
Article I.
The Copyright Code, which is an integral part of this
decreelaw, shall be approved.
Article II.
Decree No. 13 725 of May 27, 1927 shall be repealed,
except for the provisions of Article 11 and 65 to 68, as
well as the regulations on image rights.
Article 3
1. The following shall be deemed to be equal to
original works, for the purposes of this law,
without prejudice to the copyright of the
original works:
(a) translations, adaptations, transpositions,
arrangements, instrumentations,
dramatizations and other transformations of
any literary, artistic or scientific work;
(b) compilations of these works, such as
selections, compendia and anthologies which,
by reason of the selection or arrangement of
their contents, constitute intellectual creations;
(c) systematic or annotated compilations of legal
texts, ministerial decrees or other decisions of
any authorities or of case law.
2. Those who publish manuscripts which exist in
libraries or archives, public or private, may not
oppose the republication of the same
manuscripts by others, in accordance with the
original text, unless that publication is merely
a reproduction of the version of the previous
publisher.
Copyright Code
TITLE I
Intellectual Works and Copyright
CHAPTER I
Intellectual Works
Article 1
1. Creations of the mind, expressed in any form,
shall be deemed to be intellectual works.
2. The existence of an intellectual work shall be
independent of its disclosure or use, by any
method.
3. Successive editions of a work, although
corrected and increased or reformulated, even
if their titles or formats have been altered,
shall not constitute works distinct from the
original work, nor shall reproductions of a
statue or any other work of art, even though
their dimensions may have been changed.
CHAPTER II
Article 2
Copyright
The following, among others, shall be deemed
intellectual works:
SECTION I
Subject, content and nature of copyright
(a) literary, artistic or scientific texts;
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