Subject Matter of Protection

Article 2 - Main Terms Used in This Law

24) performer – shall mean an actor, singer, musician, dancer and any other person who acts, sings, delivers, declaims, plays a musical instrument or otherwise performs literary and (or) artistic works (including pop, circus or puppet trick) or expressions of folklore, as well as conductor;

39) work of amateur and folk arts – shall mean a work including peculiar elements of traditional art heritage (folk fairy tales, folk poetry, folk songs, instrumental folk music, folk dances and plays, artistic forms of folk traditions etc).

Article 8 - Works that are not Copyright Objects

The following shall not be copyright objects:

3) works of folklore.