Copyright Law

This Law shall also protect: 1. works of translation; 2. works of abridgement, modification, illustration, editing, or any other form of alteration; 3. encyclopedias and anthologies which are deemed creative with respect to the selection of content or arrangement, whether they are literary, artistic, or scientific works; 4. compilations of folkloric works and expressions and selections therefrom, if such compilations are creative as to the selection or arrangement of their contents; and 5. databases, whether they are mechanically readable or can be read in any other manner, if they are creative as to the selection or arrangement of their contents. Copyright protection enjoyed by the authors of the works mentioned in the above paragraphs shall in no way jeopardize the protection enjoyed by the Copyright Law authors of the original works.