Teos loetakse avaldatuks, kui teos või teose mis tahes vormis reprodutseeritud koopiad on autori nõusolekul antud üldsusele kasutamiseks koguses, mis võimaldab üldsusel sellega tutvuda või seda omandada. Teose avaldamiseks loetakse muu hulgas teose trükis väljaandmist, teose eksemplaride panemist müügile, jaotamist, laenutamist, rentimist ja muul viisil tasuta või tasu eest kasutada andmist.
The expression "published works" means works published with the consent of their authors, whatever may be the means of manufacture of the copies, provided that the availability of such copies has been such as to satisfy the reasonable requirements of the public, having regard to the nature of the work. The performance of a dramatic, dramatico-musical, cinematographic or musical work, the public recitation of a literary work, the communication by wire or the broadcasting of literary or artistic works, the exhibition of a work of art and the construction of a work of architecture shall not constitute publication.
