The eligibility of a work for copyright is not affected by its artistic quality, the purpose of the author in creating it or by the manner or form of its expression.

A work is also protected if:

(a) on the date of its first publication at least one of the authors is

(i) a citizen of or domiciled in; or

(ii) it body corporate established by or under the laws of, country that is a party to an obligation in a treaty or other international agreement to which Sierra Leone is a party; or

(b) the work is first published

(i) in a country which is a party to an obligation in a treaty or other international agreement to which Sierra Leone is party;

(ii) by the United Nations or any of its Specialised Agencies;

(iii) by the African Union;

(iv) by the Economic Community of West African States.