Copyright Overview In Senegal

1 – Copyright Subsistence

1.1 – What are the requirements for copyright to subsist in a work ?

Under Senegalese law, for copyright to subsist in work, the work must be a "work of mind" ("Suvre de l'esprit") and it must be original. Under the Copyright Act, "originality" is defined as the footprint of the personality of the author.

1.2 – Are there any other works in which copyright can subsist and are there any works which are excluded from copyright protection ?

The Copyright Act provides that copyright also subsists on works derived from a pre-existent work provided it is original. Therefore, copyright subsists in:

• translations and adaptations; and
• anthologies and collections of works or diverse data, such as databases and computer programs.