“ The official parties in charge of radio and television broadcasting shall have the right to broadcast or present the works which are shown in the theatres or in any other public place. The managers of these public places shall make it possible for the said official parties to make the necessary artistic arrangements for such broadcasting or presentation. The official parties shall mention the name of the author or his successor and pay a fair compensation to the author or his successor and to the owner of the place from which the work is broadcasted or in which it is presented, if required. ”

“ All publishers of works of art which are prepared for publication by making copies thereof, must deposit, within one month as from the date of publication, five copies of the work at The Ministry of Information & Culture. Non-depositing of a work of art shall be punishable with a fine not exceeding twenty five pounds, without prejudice to the necessity of depositing the copies.
Non-depositing shall not result in prejudicing the copyrights stipulated by this law. These provisions do not apply to works of art published in newspapers and periodicals, unless they were published separately. ”

“ If more than one person participates in compiling a music-song work, the author of the musical part shall have exclusive right to license to others the public performance of the whole work, its execution, publication or making copies thereof, provided this does not prejudice the copyright of the literary part. ”

“ The financial utilization rights of works of art published anonymously and under a pseudonym shall expire with the elapse of twenty five years after publication of the work, unless the author's identity is revealed within this period, in which case the protection period shall be calculated according to paragraph one of the previous article. ”

“ While the works of art of foreign authors which are published for the first time in a foreign country shall not be protected by this law, unless they are protected in the foreign country and that this country provides similar protection for Libyan authors for their published, acted or presented works for the first time in Libya. ”

“ Works especially prepared for or broadcasted by radio or television. Protection in general shall include the authors of works of art whose method of expression is writing, sound, drawing, painting or movement. ”

“ However the person presented in the photograph shall have the right to authorize its publication in newspapers, magazines and similar publications even if the person who takes the photograph does not allow it, unless there is an agreement to the contrary. ”

“ However, the newspapers or periodicals may publish a quotation, a summary or a short statement from the works or novels without the permission of their authors and before the expiry of the term provided for in Article (8) of this law. ”