A conclusion reached from the 2007 Copyright Act is that
architecture is perceived, at least by the legislator, as a kind of
an art. "Architectural work" counts, alongside
"sculpture", "painting" and
"photography," as various examples of the term
"artistic work". However, a deeper reading indicates that
the law discriminates between architectural works and their
authors, and other artistic works and, in fact, any other kind of
works mentioned in the Copyright Act.
For instance, in contrast to the prohibition against copying
without explicit permission, which applies to any other kind of
works, anyone may copy an architectural work that is located in a
public space, by means of photography, sculpture, and so forth.
Likewise, the law allows the use of architectural work or its
design to rehabilitate or reconstruct a building – the object
of architectural work. Moreover, while copyright infringement in
relation to other kinds of works allows the claimant (in
