The author of a literary or artistic work shall have proprietary right thereto with the limitations stated in this Act. Literary and artistic works shall include any oral or written text, a dramatic work, musical composition, work of visual art, architecture, cinematography, photography or applied art, or other comparable art form, by whatever method and in whatever form it is presented.

Maps, drawings, casts, models and other similar devices, presenting information or explanations on subjects, shall enjoy protection in the same manner as literary works.

It shall be considered as reproduction when an intellectual property (a literary or artistic work) is fixed in one or more physical forms.

A work shall be considered as having been published when copies of it are, with proper authorisation and in appreciable quantity, offered for sale, loan or rental or distributed to the public by other means. In the event that protection of a work be subject to the condition that it was first published in this country, such a condition is considered as fulfilled if it was published in this country within thirty days of its first publication abroad.

A work shall be considered as having been presented when it has been performed, with proper authorisation, or shown publicly or copies of it have been published, as referred to in the second paragraph.

It shall be considered as an independent public presentation when a radio broadcast of a musical or literary work is communicated to the public using a loudspeaker or other means.

In the event that a work is performed or shown at a workplace where ten or more persons are employed, this shall be considered as a public presentation.

When reference is made in this Act to the performance or presentation of a work in a broadcast, this shall include both radio and television broadcasting, unless otherwise specified.