a) Protection for individual involvement in collective work and in the
reproduction of the human image and voice, including cultural,
educational, political and sporting activities;
b) The right of creators, performers and the respective trade union and
supervisory associations to benefit financially from works they have
created or taken part in.
4. The law shall ensure the authors of industrial inventions, patents for
inventions and technological process the temporary privilege of using them,
in addition to ensuring protection for industrial creations, ownership of
brands, company names and other distinctive trademarks, with a view to the
interests of society and the technological and economic development of the
country.
Article 43
(Freedom of cultural and scientific creation)
1. Intellectual, artistic and scientific creation shall not be restricted.
2. The freedom referred to in the previous point shall comprise the right to
invent, produce and publicise scientific, literary and artistic works and shall
include the protection of copyright by law.
Article 44
(Freedom of the press)
1. Freedom of the press shall be guaranteed, and may not be subject to prior
censorship, namely of a political, ideological or artistic nature.
2. The state shall ensure plural expression, imposing different ownerships and
editorial diversity in the media.
3. The state shall ensure the existence and the independent and qualitatively
competitive functioning of a public radio and television service.
4. The law shall establish the forms by which freedom of the press shall be
exercised.
Article 45
(Right to broadcasting time, right of reply and of political response)
1. During general and local elections and referendums, candidates shall have the
right to broadcasting time on state radio and television stations in accordance
with the scope of the election or referendum, under the terms of the
Constitution and the law.
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