Collection of Laws for Electronic Access
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inalienable right to share in the proceeds of any sale of such original work or manuscript in a
public auction or through a merchant, irrespective of the terms and conditions under which the
latter carried out the transaction.
(2) The amount corresponding to this right and the payment conditions shall be
determined by statutory instrument.
(3) This right shall be transferable upon death.
21.—(1) The incorporeal ownership of a work shall be independent of ownership of the
material object. Unless otherwise stipulated, the acquisition of the object shall not confer on
the buyer any of the rights provided for in this law. These rights shall subsist in the person of
the original copyright owner or his rightful claimants who may not, however, require the
buyer to place the said object at their disposal.
(2) Unless otherwise stipulated in the contract and notwithstanding the provisions of
subsection (1) above, the rightful buyer of an original or a copy of a work shall enjoy the
rights of the live presentation in public of this original or copy.
(3) The right provided for in subsection (2) above shall not extend to persons who
obtain originals or copies of a work by rental or any other means of which they are not
owners.
22.—(1) Exploitation of a work by any person other than the author may not be
allowed without the latter’s written authorization or that of his rightful claimant in writing
including any electronic devices.
(2) The authorization must be in writing, on pain of nullity.
(3) The authorization to exploit may cover all or part of the rights, either free of charge
or in return for payment.
(4) Where authorization is total, its scope shall be limited to the forms of exploitation
provided for in the authorization.
(5) An authorization dealing with audiovisual adaptation rights must be written
separately from that which deals with the actual publishing of the printed work.
(6) The authorization shall be limited to the patrimonial rights expressly stated in the
document. Each right shall be stated separately.
(7) The authorization shall determine the mode, duration and place of exploitation.
(8) The failure to specify the place of exploitation shall be considered as limiting the
authorization to the country where it is granted.
(9) The failure to specify the place of exploitation shall be considered as limiting the
authorization to the mode of exploitation expressed at the granting of the authorization.
23.—(1) The licence contract may be exclusive or not.
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Copyright, Law, 19/12/2000, No. 2000/011
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