Article 7. Works that are the objects of copyright Law on Copyright and Related Rights

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1. The objects of copyright are:

1) literary works;

2) dramatic and musical-dramatic works;

3) screenplays;

4) works of choreography and pantomime;

5) musical compositions with or without text;

6) Audiovisual works;

7) paintings, sculptures, graphics and other works of fine art;

8) works of applied art;

9) works of architecture, urban planning, design and landscape art;

10) photographic works and works obtained by methods similar to photography;

11) maps, plans, sketches, illustrations and three-dimensional works related to geography, topography and other sciences;

12) computer programs;

13) other works.

2. The protection of computer programs applies to all types of computer programs (including operating systems) that can be expressed in any language and in any form, including source code and object code.

3. The objects of copyright also include:

1) derivative works (translations, adaptations, annotations, abstracts, summaries, reviews, dramatizations, musical arrangements and other adaptations of works of science, literature and art);

2) collections (encyclopedias, anthologies, databases) and other composite works that represent the result of creative work in terms of the selection and (or) arrangement of materials.

Derivative and composite works are protected by copyright, regardless of whether the works on which they are based or which they include are objects of copyright.

The footnote. Article 7 as amended by the Laws of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 07/09/2004 No. 586; dated 11/22/2005 No. 90 (for the procedure of entry into force, see art. 2 of the Law); dated 04/07/2015 No. 300-V (effective ten calendar days after the date of its first official publication).

The Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated June 10, 1996 No. 6-I.

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