Protection of works shall take place at the beginnings of their creation, even if they are not incorporated to a medium. A works shall be deemed to be created, irrespective of its disclosure and shall be protected by the sole fact of their creation, even if it is not fully accomplished and during the time it is designed by its author. Protection shall be provided to works, irrespective of their mode or form of expression, as well as of their content, quality and purpose. Article 198: Works not protected The protection provided under this Law shall not extend to: 1° any official texts of a legislative, administrative or judiciary nature, as well as any official translation thereof; 2° published daily news or news communicated to the public; 3° any idea, procedure, system, methods of operation, concepts, principles, discovery or mere data, even if expressed, described, explained, illustrated or embodied in a work. CHAPTER II: RIGHTS PROTECTED SECTION ONE: MORAL RIGHTS; ECONOMIC RIGHTS Article 199: Moral rights Independently of his economic rights, and even where he is no longer the owner of the said rights, the author of a work shall have the right: 1° to claim the authorship, in particular to have his or her name indicated prominently on the copies and in connection with any public use of his work, as far as practicable; 2° to object to any distortion, mutilation or other modification of, or other derogatory action in relation to his work which would be prejudicial to his or her honor or reputation; 3° to not have or her name indicated on the copies or the right to use a pseudonym. Article 200: Economic rights Subject to limitations mentioned by the provisions of this Law, the author of the work shall have the exclusive right to carry out or to authorize the following acts in relation to the work: 1° reproduction of the work; 2° translation of the work; 3° adaptation, arrangement or other transformation of the work;

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