Scope of Protection

Article 9

Creations or adaptations that are based on tradition as expressed in a group of individuals and that reflect expressions of the community, its identity, its values  transmitted orally, by imitation or by other means, whether they use literary language, music, games, mythology, rituals, customs, handicrafts, architecture or other arts, shall respect the rights of communities in accordance with the Convention on the Means of Prohibiting and Preventing the Illicit Import, Export and Transfer of Ownership of Cultural Property and the instruments concluded under the auspices of the World Intellectual Organization (WIPO) for the protection of expressions against ilicit exploitation.

General economic and moral rights apply in relation to creations and adaptations of expressions of folklore.

Article 5 - Protected work

(3) A literary, dramatic or musical work including a collection of expressions of folklore (provided that such collections are original by reason of the selection or arrangement of their content) shall not be eligible for copyright protection unless it is recorded in writing or otherwise, and any reference in this Act to the time at which a work is made is a reference to the time at which it is so recorded.

Article 1 - Preliminary

"performer" means any actor, singer, musician, dancer or other person who acts, signs, depicts, delivers, declaims, plays in or otherwise performs, a literary, dramatic, musical, artistic work or expressions of folklore.