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 Every original creation of speech, art or science, expressed in any form, is copyright protected. For instance:
- written or oral texts
- musical compositions
- theatrical plays
- choreographies, pantomimes
- audiovisual works
- visual arts works, including architecture and photography
- translations, adaptations, customizations and other modifications of folklore creations or expressions
- encyclopaedias, collections and databases, if the selection or arrangement of their content is original
- computer programs and the preparatory design material
Ideas are not protected, as the purpose is to ensure their free propagation and circulation. What can be protected is the specific way by which the idea is specified and shaped into a particular and original creation. Furthermore, there is no protection for laws, court orders, administrative documents, folklore expressions (e.g. folk poetry and songs, sayings, proverbs and folk dances, the authors of which are unknown and their protection has lapsed due to the long period of time that has passed), news and simple events, mathematical theories and discoveries, business methods and creations whose copyright protection has expired (70 years after the death of the author). All these are not protected per se; however, if they undergo a certain process, i.e. if some traditional songs are adapted, this adaptation can be copyright protected. Copyright law also recognizes six (6) types of related rights: - rights of performers or performing artists
- rights of producers of audio and/or video media
- rights of broadcasting organizations
- rights of publishers
- rights of database makers
- rights to previously unpublished creations
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