Official Gazette – Issue no. 12 (bis), March 29th, 2005
Article (9): Any person desires to obtain a license for the commercial or
professional use of the work, audio recording, performance or radio program that entered
the public domain according to the provisions of Article (183) of the Law may file an
application with the Office using the appropriate form prepared for this purpose or what
includes the data thereof. The license shall be issued in return for paying the fees due in
accordance with the categories stated in the table attached hereto, provided that they do
not exceed L.E. 1000 for the license.
Article (10): Others may, following the publication of the work by the author, adapt
the Computer software, even if such adaptation exceeds the extent necessary for the use
of the said program as long as it is within the limits of the licensing purpose—for noncommercial purposes, or education or training requirements provided that such adaptation
does not harm the legal interests of the author of the program, and that it – in all cases –
includes a reference to the adapted-from-software.
Article (11): The Concerned Ministry shall, pursuant to the provisions of Article
(185) of the Law, establish a registry of the acts concerning the works, performances,
sound recordings and radio programs that the Law stipulates the recording thereof in the
registry.
Article (12): The recordation application (of any acts) in the registry mentioned in
Article (11) of these regulations shall be filed by the person concerned with the Office,
using the form prepared for such purpose or what includes the information thereof.
Article (13): The recordation application must include the following data:
(1) The applicant’s name, status, and address or chosen address.
(2) The work name, data and filing number (if any).
(3) The kind of action and the data related thereto and to the parties thereof.
The application shall be accompanied by the act instrument or a certified copy thereof in
addition to all the documents necessary for the examination thereof.
Article (14): The Appropriate Office shall examine the recordation application and
the attachments thereto, and shall take the necessary procedures in that regard, after the
payment of the due fees in accordance with the categories stated in the tables attached
hereto, provided that the single recordation does not exceed L.E. 1,000.
Article (15): A page in the registry shall be assigned to each classification. Such
page shall include the following information:
(1) The serial number of the recordation application and the submission date of
such application.
(2) The title of the work and the data of its depositing, if any.
(3) The information related to any action and date in addition to the documents
proving the rights of the parties.
(4) The sum of the collected fees and the number of the payment receipt.
(5) Any other information deemed necessary according to the nature of the
work or the action.
Article (16): Any person may, in accordance with the provisions of Article (186) of
the Law, obtain from the Concerned Ministry a deposit certificate of a work, registered
performance, sound recording or a deposited radio program, in return for the due fees in