VISions or in the preceding articles, when the
publisher carries out the complete destruction of the
copies.
Termination shall take place automatically when,
upon formal notice by the author fixing a suitable
period, the publisher has not effected publication of
the work or, should the work be out of print, its
republication.
A work shall be deemed out of print if two orders
for the delivery of copies addressed to the publisher
have not been met within six months.
If, in the event of the author's death, the work is
incomplete, the contract shall be rescinded as regards
the unfinished part of the work, except where otherwise agreed between the publisher and the author's
successors in title.
Article 57. The following shall not constitute
publishing contracts within the meaning of Article 50:
a contract for publication at the author's expense
(" d compte d' auteur"). Under such con tract, the
author or his successors in title pay to the publisher an agreed remuneration against which the
latter manufactures copies of the work in the
quantity, form and according to the modes of expression specified in the contract, and ensures its
publication and dissemination. Such a contract
shall constitute an agreement for work by contract;
a shares contract ("de compte d demi"). Under
such a contract, the author or his successors in title
commission a publisher to manufacture, at his
expense and in quantity, copies of the work in the
form and according to the modes of expression
specified in the contract, and to ensure their
publication and dissemination in accordance with
the agreement reciprocally contracted to share the
profits and losses of exploitation in the agreed
proportion. Such contract shall constitute a joint
undertaking.
Article 58. A stage performance contract is a
contract under which the author of a work or his
Successors in title authorize a natural or legal person
to perform such work under the conditions they stipulate.
Article 59. A general performance contract is a
Contract under which the professional body of
authors referred to in Article ()t) g,rants to all entert~inment promoter the right to perform, for the duratIon of the contract, the existing or future works
Constituting the repertoire of such hody under the
~onditions stipulated by the author or his successors
In title. In the case referred to above, the requirements of Article 44 may be waived.
Article 60. An entertainment promoter who performs or has performed works protected under this
Law shall be required to obtain prior authorization
under Article 58 and to settle the corresponding
royalties.
The contract shall be concluded for a limited
duration or for a specified number of communications to the public.
Save where exclusive rights are expressly stipulated, the contract shall not afford to the entertainment promoter any exploitation monopoly. The
entertainment promoter may not transfer the benefit
of his contract without the formal consent in writing
of the author or his representative.
The entertainment promoter must ensure that the
public performance takes place under technical conditions which guarantee respect for the author's intellectual and moral rights.
The validity of the exclusive rights afforded by a
playwright may not exceed five years. The interruption of performances for two consecutive years
shall automatically terminate those rights.
The entertainment promoter shall be required to
inform the author, his successors in title, or the professional body of authors referred to in Article 68, of
the exact program of public performances and to
supply a documented statement of receipts and to pay
to them, at the agreed times, the amount of the
stipulated royalties.
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Duration of Economic nights
A rticlc 6!. The rights referred to in Article 28
shall be protected for the lifetime of the author and
for 50 years after his death.
Article 62. In the case of a work of joint authorship, the rights referred to in Article 28 shall be protected for the lifetime of the last surviving joint
author and for 50 years after his death.
Article 63. In the case of a work published
anonymously or under a pseudonym, the rights referred to in Article 2t) shall be protected until expiry
of a period of 50 years as from the date on which
such work has been lawfully published for the first
time. However, Article 61 shall apply where the
identity of the author has been revealed or leaves no
doubt prior to the expiry of such period.
Article 64. In the case of a ciucmatogruphic
work, the rights referred to in Article 21 shall be
protected until expiry of a period of 50 years as from
the making of the work or, if the work is made available to the public with the consent of the author