THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
Having regard to the Constitution;
Having regard to Resolution No 01/97/AN of June 7, 1997 on the Validation of the Mandate
of Deputies;
Deliberated at its session of December 22, 1999 and adopted the Law which shall read as
follows:
TITLE I
COPYRIGHT
CHAPTER I – GENERAL PROVISIONS
Article 1:
Copyright shall include attributes of an intellectual and moral nature as well as attributes of an
economic nature, which shall be established in this Law.
Any author shall benefit from the rights in his original literary or artistic work provided for
under this Law. The author shall enjoy in his work, by its mere creation, the exclusive
intangible property right enforceable against any person referred to as “copyright”.
Article 2:
The provisions of this Law shall apply to:
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works whose author or any other original holder of copyright is a national of Burkina
Faso or has his habitual residence or headquarters in Burkina Faso;
audiovisual works whose producer is a national of Burkina Faso or has his habitual
residence or headquarters in Burkina Faso;
works published for the first time in Burkina Faso or published for the first time in
another country and also published in Burkina Faso within 30 days;
works of architecture erected in Burkina Faso;
works that are entitled to protection under an international treaty to which Burkina
Faso is party.
Article 3:
Protection under copyright shall include any expression except for ideas, procedures,
operating methods or mathematical concepts as such.
CHAPTER II – SUBJECT MATTER OF PROTECTION
Article 4: