proceedings. However, the author alone or his successor shall have the
right to make collections of such works, for which he shall be entitled
to claim authorship.
(3) Publication of extracts of an audio, visual or audiovisual work
made available to the public in the course of covering current events.
Article 173
Restrictions on the author’s economic rights, under this Law, shall
also apply to owners of related rights.
Article 174
Where more than one person have participated in the production of a
work in such a manner that it is impossible to distinguish the
contribution of each in the joint work, all participants shall be
considered jointly and equally as authors of the work, unless otherwise
agreed in writing.
In such a case, a co-author may not separately exercise the author’s
rights, without the written consent of all co-authors.
However, if the contribution of each belongs to a different category
of art, each co-author shall have the right to exploit independently
his part, without prejudice to the exploitation of the work of joint
authorship, unless otherwise agreed in writing.
Any of the co-authors shall have the right to initiate legal proceedings
in case of infringement of copyright.
Where a co-author dies without a universal or singular successor, the
share of that co-author shall devolve to the other co-authors or their
successors, unless otherwise agreed in writing.
Article 175
The natural person or legal entity under whose direction the joint work
was created shall have alone the right to exercise the author’s rights
with respect to that work.
Article 176
Where a work is published anonymously or under pseudonym, the publisher
shall be presumed empowered by the author to exercise the rights
provided for in this Law, unless the author has appointed another agent
or revealed his identity and his capacity.
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