Article 7. Works Which are the Objects of Copyright

1. The copyright objects shall be the following:

1) literary works;

2) dramatic works and accompanying music;

3) stage productions;

4) choreographic works and pantomimes;

5) works of music with or without text;

6) audio-visual works (motion pictures, television and video films, dia-films and other cinematography and television works);

7) sculptural, pictorial and graphic works and other graphic arts;

8) works of applied arts;

9) works of architecture, urbanization and gardening;

10) works of photography and works obtained through methods similar to photography;

11) maps, lay-outs, sketches, illustrations and three-dimensions works relating to geography, topography and other sciences;

12) computer software;

13) other works.

2. Protection of computer software shall apply to any types of computer software (including operational systems), which may be expressed in any language and in any form, including the original text and the objective code.

3. The following shall also be the copyright objects:

1) derivative works (translations, editions, comments, pamphlets, summaries, reviews, screenplays, musical arrangements and other processing of science, literary and art works);

2) collections (encyclopedia, anthologies, data bases) and other composed works, which due to selection and (or) categorization of materials represent a result of creating activities.

Works and components of a work shall be copyrighted irrespective of whether the works on which they are based and which they include are subject to copyright.