The following person shall hold the copyright:

• citizens of Mongolia, foreign nationals and stateless persons permanently residing in Mongolia, who have created work regardless of whether their works were published or not;
• foreign nationals whose work has been first published in Mongolia;
• authors who placed their sculptures, architectural works and/or works of fine arts being component of buildings permanently placed in the territory of Mongolia;
• legal persons who are entitled to copyright under the legislation on copyright;
• citizens and legal persons of other countries which are parties to international treaties of Mongolia.