OFFICIAL GAZETTE OF THE TOGOLESE REPUBLIC
August 2, 1991
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Art. 74 The Copyright Office of Togo (BUTODRA) alone, to the exclusion of any natural
person or legal entity, shall be entitled to act as intermediary between the author or his
successors and the users of protected works for the issue of authorizations and the receipt of
royalties and related matters.
Art. 75 The Copyright Office of Togo (BUTODRA) shall manage in Togo the interests of the
various societies of foreign authors in the framework of conventions or agreements that it will be
called upon to sign.
Art. 76 – The organization and the functioning of the Copyright Office of Togo (BUTODRA)
shall be determined by decree.
CHAPTER IV:
PROCEDURES AND SANCTIONS
Art. 77 The Copyright Office of Togo (BUTODRA) shall be entitled to institute legal
proceedings to defend the interests within its remit.
Art. 78 – At the request of any author of a protected work, the author’s successors or the
Copyright Office of Togo (BUTODRA), the President of the Civil Court or its individual
sections may issue the following interim orders:
the seizure from all premises of copies of an unlawfully reproduced work that have been or are
being manufactured, as well as the equipment used for these purposes;
the seizure of proceeds from any unlawfully implemented public reproduction or
communication;