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no such event occurs during the seventy (70) years following the making of the work,
fifty (50) years after its making.
Article 41: In the case of collective works, the duration of the exclusive right shall be
fifty (50) years from January 1 of the calendar year following that in which the work was
published.
Where a collective work is published in installments, the term shall commence on
January 1 of the calendar year following that in which each installment is published.
However, where the work is published in its entirety within twenty (20) years of the
publication of the first installment, the duration of the exclusive right in the whole work
shall end only on expiry of the seventieth (70th) year following that of the publication of
the last installment.
Article 42: In the case of anonymous or pseudonymous works, the duration of the
exclusive right shall be fifty (50) years from January 1 of the calendar year following that
in which the work was published. Where the author or authors make themselves known
before the expiry of that term, the duration of the right of exploitation shall be that
corresponding to the category of the work in question, and the period of legal protection
shall commence in accordance with the provisions of Article 39.
Article 43: In the case of posthumous works, the duration of the exclusive right shall be
fifty (50) years from the date of publication of the work.
Where a posthumous work is disclosed during the fifty (50) years following the author's
death, the right to exploit it shall vest in the author's successors in title. Where the work
is disclosed after expiry of that period, the right shall vest in those who, by succession or
for other reasons, own the work and who publish it or have it published.
Posthumous works shall be published separately, except where they constitute only a
fragment of a work previously published.
They may be added to previously published works by the same author only where the
author's successors in title still hold the exploitation right therein.
Article 44: In the case of computer programs, the rights provided for in the present Law
shall lapse on expiry of a period of fifty (50) years after the creation of such program.
Article 45: In the case of works of applied art, the rights provided for in the Law shall
lapse on expiry of a period of twentyfive (25) years after the creation of such work.
Chapter 3: Exploitation of rights
Section I: General principles
Article 46: Total assignment of future works shall be invalid.