of May 6, 1994 No. 1060-XII
About legal protection of programs for electronic computers and databases
This Law governs the relations connected with creation, legal protection and use of the computer programs and databases.
The relations in the field of legal protection of the computer programs and databases in the Republic of Karakalpakstan are regulated as well by the legislation of the Republic of Karakalpakstan.
1. The basic concepts applied in this Law:
the database - data set (for example: Articles, calculations), expressed in objective form and systematized so that these data could be found and processed by means of the electronic computers (EC);
the computer program - data set and the teams expressed in objective form and intended for functioning of EVM, EVM networks and other computer means for the purpose of receipt of certain result;
the source text - the text written in any programming language, which was not exposed to conversion by any compiler;
object code - the program which turned out as a result of transformation of the source text to machine code;
decompiling of the computer program - the technique including transformation of object code to the source text for the purpose of studying of structure and coding of the computer program;
adaptation of the computer program or database - introduction of the amendments performed only for the purpose of ensuring functioning of the computer program or the database in the specific created conditions, and not involving possibility of change (subsequently decompiling) the author's source text;
modification (conversion) of the computer program or database - any their changes which are not adaptation and involving changes of the source text;
reproduction of the computer program or database - production of one or more copies of the computer program or database in any material form, and also their record in computer memory;
distribution of the computer program or database - provision of access to the computer program reproduced in any material form or the database, including network and different ways, and also by sale, hire, letting, lending, including import for any of these purposes;
appearance (publication) of the computer program or database - provision of copies of the computer program or database with the consent of the author to the uncertain group of people (including by record in computer memory and release of the printing text);
use of the computer program or database - appearance, reproduction, distribution and other actions for their introduction in economic circulation (including in the modified form). Transfer by mass media of messages on the published computer program or the database is not recognized use of the computer program or database.
Owners - the author, his heir, and also any physical persons or legal entities which have the exclusive personal and property rights acquired by law or agreements.
If international treaties or agreements of the Republic of Uzbekistan establish other provisions than provided by this Law, then the agreement or agreements are applied world situation.
The computer programs and databases belong this Law to copyright objects.
Copyright extends to any computer programs and databases which are result of creative activities of the author (coauthors), both issued, and are not published, expressed in objective form irrespective of their appointment and advantage. Copyright of the author of the computer programs and databases is supposed until proved otherwise.
The legal protection provided by this Law:
extends to all types of the computer programs (including to operating systems and program complexes) which can be expressed in any programming language and in any form, including the source text and object code, and also on the databases representing result of creative activity on matching and data structure;
does not extend to the ideas and the principles which are the cornerstone of the computer program or the database or their any element including to the ideas and the principles of the organization of the interface and algorithm, and also programming languages.
Copyright of the computer programs and databases arises owing to their creation. Recognition and implementation of copyright of the computer program or the database do not require registration or respect for other formalities.
Copyright of the database consisting of materials (works) which are not copyright objects belongs to persons who created the database.
Copyright of the database including the materials which are objects of copyright of other person is recognized on condition of observance of copyright of each of such materials.
Copyright of each of the materials included in the database remains. These materials can be used irrespective of such database.
Copyright of the database does not interfere with other persons to perform independent matching and the organization of the materials and works entering this database.
The owner for the notification about the rights can use, since the first appearance of the computer program or the database, the sign of protection of copyright consisting of three elements: letters C in circle or in parentheses; name (name) of the owner; years of the first release of the computer program or database to the public.
Copyright of the computer programs or databases is not connected with the property right to their material carrier. Any assignment of rights on the material carrier does not involve transfer of any author's competences to the computer programs or databases.
Effective periods of copyright of the computer programs or databases, are determined according to copyright regulations, stipulated by the legislation.
Authorship to the computer program or the database, and also personal and property rights of the author (authors) or other owner are determined according to the current legislation. The author (authors) of the computer program or the database or to other owner possesses also exclusive right to perform and resolve implementation of modification of the computer programs or the database, including the translation of the computer program or database, from one programming language on another.
Property rights can be transferred to the computer program or the database fully or partially to other physical persons or legal entities under the agreement. The agreement is signed in writing and establishes the following compulsory provisions: amount and methods of use of the computer program or database, payment procedure and amount of remuneration, duration of the agreement.
Property rights on the computer programs or databases devolve in the procedure established by the law.
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