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where appropriate, the co-authors, and, on the other hand, the producer. It is
prohibited to destroy the master copy of this version. Any alteration to this version
through the addition, removal or change of any element shall require the agreement
of the persons mentioned in the first paragraph.
Any transfer of an audiovisual work to another type of medium with a view to
exploiting it in a different way must be preceded by consultation with the director. The
authors’ personal rights, as defined in Articles 20 and 21, may be exercised only over
the completed audiovisual work, except, where appropriate, in application of Articles
177 and 204 of Law No. 66-003 of 2 July 1966 on the general theory of obligations.
Article 26 – Where one of the authors refuses to complete his contribution to an
audiovisual work or is unable to complete this contribution owing to a force majeure,
he may not oppose the use, for the purpose of completing the work, of the already
completed part of the said contribution. For this contribution he shall have the status
of author and shall enjoy the rights deriving therefrom. Save as otherwise agreed,
each of the authors of an audiovisual work may freely dispose of the part of the work
that constitutes his personal contribution for the purpose of exploiting it in a different
genre and within the limits laid down in Article 12.
Article 27 – Save as otherwise provided, an author cannot oppose the adaptation of
a software program within the limits of the rights he has assigned, nor exercise his
right to second thoughts or withdrawal.
Article 28 – Only the author shall be entitled to collect his articles and speeches in a
collection and to publish them or authorize their publication in that form. For all works
published in this way in a newspaper or periodical, save as otherwise provided the
author shall retain the right to have them reproduced and to exploit them, in any form
whatsoever, provided this reproduction or this exploitation is not liable to be in
competition with this newspaper or this periodical.
Article 29 – Under all marital property schemes and on pain of all clauses to the
contrary in the marriage contract being declared null and void, the right to disclose
the work, to lay down the conditions for its exploitation and to defend its integrity
remains that of the spouse who is the author or of the spouse to whom these rights
have been transferred. This right cannot be given as part of a dowry, nor acquired
through joint estate or a communal estate comprising property acquired after
marriage. The financial income deriving from the exploitation of an intellectual work or
the total or partial assignment of the exploitation right shall be subject to the rules
applicable to the partners, depending on which marital property scheme was
adopted, solely where they have been acquired during the marriage, and the same
shall apply to any savings made accordingly. The provisions stipulated in the
preceding paragraph shall not apply where the marriage has been celebrated prior to
the entry into force of this Law. The legislative provisions relating to the spouses’
contributions to household expenses shall be applicable to the financial income
referred to in paragraph 2 of this article.