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and subject to such other terms and conditions as the Copyright Board may determine, and thereupon the Director General of Copyrights shall grant the license to the applicant in accordance with the direction of the Copyright Board. SECTION: (v) Where a license is granted under this Section, the Director General of Copyrights may, by order, direct the applicant to deposit the amount of royalty determined by the Copyright Board at the Ministry of Finance of Liberia or in any other account specified by the Copyright Board so as to enable the owner of the copyright or, as the case may be, his heirs, executors or the legal representatives to claim such royalty at any time. (vi) Without prejudice to the foregoing provisions of this Section, in the case of a work referred to in sub-section (i), if the original author is dead, the Government may, if it considers that the publication of the work is desirable in the national interest, require the heirs, executors or legal representatives of the author to publish such work within such period as may be specified by it. (vii) Where any work is not published within the period specified by the Government under sub-section (vi), the Copyright Commission may, on any application made by any person for permission to publish the work and after hearing the parties concerned, permit such publication on payment of such royalty as the Copyright Board may, in the circumstances of such case, determine in the prescribed manner. 2.31 PROTECTION OF EXPRESSIONS OF FOLKLORE Acts Against Which Expressions of Folklore Are Protected and the Limitations of Such Protection (I) Expressions of folklore are protected against infringement when such acts are made with both gainful intent and outside their traditional or customary context. (2) In the application of sub-section (I), in particular, the following are considered to be "expressions of folklore": (3) a. folk tales, folk poetry, riddles; b. folk songs and instrumental folk music c. folk dances, plays and artistic forms or rituals; d. productions of folk art, in particular, drawings, pamtmgs, carvings, sculptures, pottery, terracotta, mosaic, woodwork, metalware, jewelry, basket, costumes; e. traditional musical instruments. The limitations mentioned in Sections 2.7, 2.9, 2.10 and 2.11 apply to the rights referred to in sub-section (I). Furthermore, sub-section (I) does not apply in the following case: 32

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