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electronic rights management information has been removed or altered without
authority.
ARTICLE 125 Under the present Law, "rights management information" means
information which identifies the author, the work, the artist, the performer, the
performance, the producer of the phonogram, the phonogram, the broadcasting
organization, the broadcast program, and any rightholder pursuant to this Law, or any
information about the terms and conditions of use of the work and other productions
covered by the present Law, and any numbers or codes that represent such information,
where any of these items of information is attached to a copy of a work, a fixed
performance, a phonogram or a fixed broadcast program, or appears in connection with
the broadcast, the communication to the public or the making available to the public of a
work, a fixed performance, a phonogram or a broadcast program.
Any device or facility referred to in this Article and any copy on which rights
management information has been removed or altered shall be assimilated to infringing
copies of works.
TITLE XVII
MISCELLANEOUS AND FINAL PROVISIONS
ARTICLE 126 The provisions of the present Law relating to the protection of literary and
artistic works shall apply to:
- works of which the author or any other original holder of copyright is a national
of the Republic of Benin or has his habitual residence or headquarters in the
Republic of Benin;
- audiovisual works of which the producer is a national of the Republic of Benin
or has his habitual residence or his headquarters in the Republic of Benin;
- works published for the first time in the Republic of Benin or published for the
first time in another country and also published in the Republic of Benin within a
period of thirty (30) days;
- works of architecture erected in the Republic of Benin or works of fine art
incorporated in a building located in the Republic of Benin.
ARTICLE 127 The provisions of the present Law relating to the protection of literary and
artistic works shall apply to works that are entitled to protection pursuant to an
international treaty to which the Republic of Benin is a party.
ARTICLE 128 The provisions of the present Law relating to the protection of performers
shall apply to performances where:
- the performer is a national of the Republic of Benin;
- the performance takes place on the territory of the Republic of Benin;
- a performance that has not been fixed in a phonogram is incorporated in a
broadcast program that is protected under the present Law.