The aforementioned law is still not implemented yet.

The publishers of copyrightable works will have to deposit copies of the work with the Ministry of Culture.

• Written works of all types
• Computer programs, whether in source or object code, which shall be protected as literary works
• Works conveyed verbally such as lectures, lessons, speeches, sermons and the like
• Works entered under the arts of drawing and painting with lines and colors, engraving, sculpture and architecture
• Dramatic works and musical plays
• Works performed by artistic movements or steps and are materially prepared for production
• Musical works, whether accompanied by words or not
• Photographic and cinematographic works
• Works prepared for radio and television
• Charts, drawings and scientific three-dimensional figures
• Public recitals of the Holy Koran
• Sound recordings
• Compilations of data

The author is granted protection for the lifetime plus 50 years following his death.