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SECTION: (a) 2.38 DEPOSIT OF COPIES OR SOUND RECORDINGS FOR THE CENTER FOR NATIONAL DOCUMENTS AND RECORDS Except as provided by section (c), the owner of copyright or of the exclusive right of publication in a work published with notice of copyright in Liberia shall deposit, within three months after the date of such publication ­ (1) two comp lete copies of the best edition; or (2) if the work is a sound recording, two complete sound recordings of the best edition, together with any printed or other visually perceptible material published with such sound recordings. (b) The required copies of sound recordings shall be deposited in the Copyright Office for the use or disposition of the Center for National Documents and Records. The Director General of Copyrights shall, when requested by the depositor and upon payment of the fee prescribed by the Office shall issue a receipt for the deposit. (c) The Director General of Copyright may by regulation exempt any categories of material from the deposit of only one copy or sound recording with respect to any categories. Such regulations shall provide either for complete exemption from the deposit requirements of this Section, or for alternative, from the deposit aimed at providing a satisfactory archival record of a work without imposing practical of financial hardships on the depositor, where the individual author is the owner of copyright in a pictorial, graphic, or sculptural work and (i) less than five copies of the work have been published, or (ii) the work has been published in a limited edition consisting of numbered copies, the monetary value of which would make the mandatory deposit of two copies of the best edition of the work burdensome, unfair, or unreasonable. SECTION: 2.39 ROYALTIES Subject to the rights of owner of copyright to negotiate with users of his work, the Copyright Board may in case of non-voluntary licenses, determine the Royalties payable to the owner of the copyright after taking into consideration: (a) The purposed retail price of a copy of the translation of the work; (b) The prevailing standards of royalties in regard to translation of works; and (c) Such other matter as may be considered relevant by the Copyright Board. SECTION: 2.40 REMEDIES AND PROCEDURES FOR THE INFRINGEMENT OF COPYRIGHT WHEN COPYRIGHT IS INFRINGED - Copyright in a work shall be deemed to be infringed: (a) When any person, without a license granted by the owner of the copyright or the Director General of Copyright under this Chapter or in contravention of the conditions of a license so granted: (i) Does anything, the exclusive right to do which is by this Chapter conferred upon the owner of the copyright, or 38

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