About Copyright and Neighbouring Right
What can be protected by Copyright?
Copyright may protect any of the following works:
- scientific works;
- literary works, such as:
- novels;
- stories;
- poetic works;
- theatrical plays;
- film scenarios;
- manuals;
- biographies;
- essays;
- articles;
- encyclopaedias;
- dictionaries;
- memos;
- lectures;
- computer programs;
- artistic works, such as:
- paintings;
- drawings;
- metallographies;
- lithographs;
- woodcuts;
- engravings and typography;
- geographic maps;
- drawings and graphs;
- sculptures;
- photographs not including film;
- architectural works in the form of buildings or models;
- other works of artistic craftmanship;
- woven tissues; and
- articles of applied handicraft and industrial art;
- cinematograph work;
- audiovisual work;
- animations;
- databases;
- sound recordings,
- transmissions;
- publications of unpublished works.
It is noted that, ideas, procedures, methods of operation, principles and elements that are not expressed in any way are not protectable.
The prerequisites for the protection of the above works in the Republic of Cyprus are the following:
- the work is original;
- the work was first published in the Republic of Cyprus or was erected within the territory of the Republic of Cyprus or has been incorporated in a building that is located in the territory of the Republic of Cyprus;
- the beneficiary or any of the beneficiaries is a natural person and citizen of the European Union or a legal person incorporated in the European Union.
