Article 177
(1) Shall be considered as co-authors of an audiovisual, audio or visual
work:
(i) The author of the scenario or written idea for the program;
(ii) The person who makes an adaptation of an existing literary work
for an audiovisual production;
(iii) The author of the dialogue;
(iv) The composer of the music if composed specifically for the work;
(v) The director who positively contributes from the intellectual point
of view to the making of the work.
Where the work is a vulgarization or an extract of a preexisting work,
the author of that preexisting work shall be considered as co-author
of the new work.
(2) The author of the scenario, the person who makes an adaptation of
the literary work, the author of the dialogue and the director shall
jointly have the right to transmit or project the audio, visual or
audiovisual work despite any opposition made by the author of the
original literary work or composer of the music, without prejudice to
the rights of the opposing author deriving from the co- authorship.
(3) The author of the literary portion or the musical portion shall
have the right to publish his work in a manner other than the one in
which the said work of co- authorship is published, unless otherwise
agreed in writing.
(4) Where a co-author of an audiovisual, audio or visual work fails
to complete his part, the other co-authors may not be prevented from
using the completed portion, without prejudice to the rights of that
co-author deriving from his co-authorship.
(5) Throughout the period of the agreed exploitation of the audiovisual,
audio or visual work, the producer shall represent the authors of that
work and their successors in any agreement for the exploitation of the
said work, without prejudice to the rights of the authors of the quoted
or adapted literary or musical works, and unless otherwise agreed in
writing. he producer shall be considered as the publisher of such a
work and shall enjoy the publisher’s rights with respect to the work
and copies thereof, within the limits of its commercial exploitation.
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