In this law the following terms shall be defined as follows:
"Media" : means or process, whether in print, audio-visual, auditory, signs or internet enabling to disseminate/broadcast and make known to the general public facts, opinions and any other exmediaion of thought particularly in order to inform, educate and promote sports and leisure.
"Media organs" : print media publications, internet, radio or television stations and media agencies, presenting continuously or at regular intervals, general or special information units as meant for distribution.
"Commercial media enterprises": trading enterprises subject to both the trade legislation and the law on media.
"Non trading media enterprises": non-profit making enterprises subject to the law governing non-profit making organisations and to the law on media.
"A newspapers distribution company": company whose business is to distribute newspapers. It can be a profit or non-profit making organisation.
"Print media publications":documents made public, multiplied by whatever method and regularly published.
"A Professional Journalist": person who does the profession of; collecting information; processing information; disseminating information for the purpose of making known to the general public information or opinions.
"print or audio-visual media communication": process of making public any kind of signs, written works, images, sounds or messages which do not bear any characteristic of a individual correspondence.
"Internet": means a high tech computerized system used to exchange information by linking up various information networks from around the world.
"Internet media": computer-assisted information processing aiming at disseminating information.
"Internet café": place where people can access internet services against payment of a fee.
"Advertisement in the media": kind of public announcement meant for communicating opinions, decisions or trading services be it for promoting an idea, a product, a service, or for advertising any other element as may be required by the advertiser.
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