Collection of Laws for Electronic Access
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press or broadcast in their original or translated version. However, the source, as well as the
name of the author, must always be clearly stated.
32.—(1) Works of art, including works of architecture, permanently kept in a public
place, may be reproduced and made available to the public through photographic and
audiovisual means.
(2) Any exploitation for profit of these reproductions without the prior authorization of
the author of the works referred to in the preceding paragraph shall be unlawful.
33.—(1) Where the authorization to broadcast has been granted to an audiovisual
communication corporation, the said authorization shall cover all free sound or visual
communications made by the said corporation using its own technical and artistic means and
under its responsibility.
(2) The authorization referred to above shall not apply to performances given in public
places such as cafés, restaurants, hotels, cabarets, various shops, cultural centres, public
transport means, private clubs, for which prior authorization must be obtained.
34. Unless otherwise stipulated:
(a) the authorization to broadcast a work by radio shall not include the cable
distribution of the broadcast, unless it is done simultaneously and solely by the beneficiary
firm of this authorization and without the broadcast extending beyond the agreed geographical
area;
(b) the authorization to broadcast a work shall not be considered as an authorization to
broadcast it in a public place;
(c) the authorization to broadcast by radio shall not include satellite transmission that
allows other radio corporations to receive the work, unless the author or his rightful claimants
have authorized these corporations to broadcast the work to the public, in which case the
broadcasting corporation shall be exempted from payment of any fee.
35.—(1) For broadcast programmes, audiovisual corporations shall be allowed to use
their own means to make one or several ephemeral recordings of works which they shall be
allowed to broadcast. Such recordings may not be sold, rented or lent.
(2) Ephemeral recordings shall be destroyed within three months, unless the owner of
the reproduction right has expressly consented to a longer preservation period.
(3) Without prejudice to the author’s right to an equitable remuneration, reproductions
may be preserved in official archives.
36.—(1) For software and database or data bank reproduction and transformation
rights, in addition to the exceptions provided for in Section 29(2), only the exceptions under
this law shall be allowed.
(2) The owner of copyright may not prevent the legitimate owner of a database or bank
from:
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Copyright, Law, 19/12/2000, No. 2000/011
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