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CHAPTER III – EQUITABLE REMUNERATION FOR USE OF PHONOGRAMS OR VIDEOGRAMS Article 79: If a phonogram or videogram published for commercial purposes, or a reproduction of such a phonogram, is used directly for broadcasting or for communication to the public, a single and equitable payment intended for both the performers and the producer of the phonogram or videogram shall be made by the user to the management organization for performers’ rights. Of the sum received for the use of the phonogram or the videogram, after the management fees of the collective management organization have been deducted, 50 per cent shall go to the producer and 50 per cent to the performers. Persons who use published phonograms for commercial purposes must, in meeting their obligations, furnish the collective management organization with the exact programs of the uses which the persons concerned intend to make and all documents necessary for the distribution of royalties. CHAPTER IV - FREE USES Article 80: Notwithstanding the provisions of Articles 73 to 78 of this Law, the following acts shall be permitted without the authorization of the successors in title referred to in those articles: - - reproductions strictly reserved for private use by the person who has made them; reports of current events, provided that use is made only of short fragments of a performance, phonogram, videogram or broadcast; the use solely for educational or scientific research purposes; citations, as short fragments, of a performance, phonogram, videogram or broadcast, provided that such citations are properly used and are justified by their information aim; all other uses that constitute exceptions in relation to copyright-protected works pursuant to this Law. Article 81: The authorizations required under Articles 73 to 78 to make fixations of performances or broadcasts, reproduce such fixations and reproduce phonograms published for commercial purposes shall not be required when the fixation or reproduction is made by a broadcasting organization using its own means and for its own broadcasts, provided that: - - - for each broadcast of a fixation, a performance or its reproductions made in accordance with this paragraph the broadcasting organization is entitled to broadcast the performance in question; for each broadcast of a fixation of a broadcast, or a reproduction of such a fixation made in accordance with this paragraph the broadcasting organization is entitled to make the broadcast; for any fixation made in accordance with this paragraph or its reproductions, the fixation and its reproductions are destroyed within a period of the same duration as that applied to the fixations and reproductions of copyright-protected works pursuant

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