Traditional Knowledge Laws :
República Dominicana
Subject Matter
Type(s) of Legislation
Subject Matter of Protection
Article 16
(3) "performer" means a person who presents, sings, reads, recites or in any way performs a literary or artistic work or an expression of folklore;
Article 146
The following shall belong chiefly to the public domain: (2) expressions of folklore and traditional culture the author of which is unknown;