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10 – "public communication by cable" means the communication of a work to the public
by wire or by any other means constituted by a material substance;
11 – "to perform" a work means to recite it, play it, dance it or perform it, either directly
or by any device or process or, in the case of an audiovisual work, to show the images in
any sequence whatsoever or to make the sounds accompanying it audible;
12 – "producer" of an audiovisual work means the natural or legal person who or which
takes the initiative and has the responsibility for creating the work;
13 – "entertainment promoter" means any natural or legal person who or which,
occasionally or on a permanent basis, performs, communicates to the public or arranges
for the performance or communication to the public, in an establishment open to the
public and by any means whatsoever, of works protected under the present Law;
14 – "reproduction" means the material fixation of the work by any processes that allow
it to be communicated to the public indirectly, in particular by printing, drawing,
engraving, photography, casting and any process in the graphic and threedimensional
arts, or mechanical, cinematographic, magnetic or digital recording;
For works of architecture, reproduction also consists of the repeated execution of a plan
or blueprint;
15 – "rental" means the transfer of possession of the original or a copy of a work for a
limited period of time, for profitmaking purposes;
16 – "expressions of folklore" means productions consisting of characteristic elements of
the traditional artistic heritage developed and perpetuated by a community of the
Republic of Chad or by individuals who are unknown but are recognized as meeting the
artistic aspirations of such community and including folk tales, folk poetry, folk songs
and instrumental music, folk dancing and entertainments and also the artistic expressions
of rites and productions of folk art.
Article 2: The provisions of the present Law shall apply to:
1 – works of which the author or any other original holder of copyright is a national of
the Republic of Chad or has his habitual residence or headquarters in the Republic of
Chad;
2 – audiovisual works of which the producer is a national of the Republic of Chad or has
his habitual residence or headquarters in the Republic of Chad;
3 works published for the first time in the Republic of Chad or published for the first
time in another country and also published in the Republic of Chad within a period of 30
days;