Article 4. Scope of copyright

Under this Law, copyright shall extend to the following:

works of authors or other original copyright holders who are citizens of the Republic of Uzbekistan or have a permanent place of residence on the territory of the Republic of Uzbekistan;

works first published in the Republic of Uzbekistan, regardless of citizenship and permanent residence of their authors;

works, protected in the Republic of Uzbekistan in accordance with international treaties of the Republic of Uzbekistan.

Work shall also be considered to be published for the first time in the Republic of Uzbekistan, if within thirty days after the date of its first publication outside the Republic of Uzbekistan it was published on the territory of the Republic of Uzbekistan.

When granting protection to a work on the territory of the Republic of Uzbekistan in line with the international treaties of the Republic of Uzbekistan, the author of the work shall be determined by the law of the state where the legal fact which served as the basis for the copyright possession took place.