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Unless exclusive rights are expressly provided for, no monopoly on exploitation shall be
conferred on the entertainment promoter .
The period of validity of the exclusive rights afforded by a playwright may not exceed
five years; the suspension of performances for two consecutive years shall automatically
end such validity.
An entertainment promoter may not transfer the enjoyment of his contract without formal
consent given in writing by the author or his representative.
Article 72: Unless otherwise provided:
1 authorization for the terrestrial broadcast of a work shall not include distribution of
such broadcast by cable, unless it is done simultaneously and in full by the organization
that has received the authorization and without any extension of the geographical area
stipulated in the contract;
2 authorization to broadcast a work shall not be equivalent to authorization to
communicate the broadcast of the work in a place accessible to the public;
3 authorization for the terrestrial broadcast of a work shall not include the broadcast
thereof to a satellite allowing the work to be received through the intermediary of third
party organizations, unless the authors or their successors in title have contractually
authorized such organizations to communicate the work to the public; in this case, the
broadcasting organization shall be exempt from paying any remuneration.
Article 73: An entertainment promoter shall be required to inform the author or his
representatives of the exact program of public performances and to furnish them with a
certified statement of his takings. He shall pay the amount of royalties stipulated on the
due dates specified, directly to the author or his representatives.
Article 74: An entertainment promoter shall be required to effect the public performance
under technical conditions suitable to ensure that the intellectual and moral rights of the
author are respected.
Section 4: Audiovisual production contracts
Article 75: A contract binding the producer to the authors of an audiovisual work, other
than the author of a musical composition with or without words, shall, unless otherwise
stipulated and without prejudice to the rights afforded to the authors, imply the
assignment to the producer of the exclusive exploitation rights in the audiovisual work.
An audiovisual production contract shall not imply the assignment to the producer of the
graphic or theatrical rights in the work.