Art.1666, the publisher whose name appears on the work shall without further
proof be deemed to represent the author.
Art.1668.-works produced by several authors.-1. Rights of co-authors.
(1) A work produced as a result of the cooperation of several authors shall be
jointly owned by them.
(2) Author’s rights shall be exercised by common agreement between the coauthors.
(3) Where each of the authors contributed a different type of work, each of them
may, unless otherwise agreed, utilize separately his personal contribution
provided that such utilization is not detrimental to the use of the common work.
Art.1669.-2. Protection of third parties.
(1) where a work has been published under the name of a single author, third
parties shall be justified in assuming that the said author is the sole author of the
work.
(2) Rights of co-authors shall not affect them.
Art.1670.-Heirs of the author.-1.Pecuniary rights.
(1) The author’s right to authorize the production, reproduction or adaptation of
his work may, after his death, be exercised by his heirs for a period of fifty years
from the time of the publication of the work.
(2) Where the heirs do not agree, the courts shall settle the matter on the
application of any of them.
Art.1671.-Moral prejudice.
The right to prevent a work which has been altered by a third party from being
attributed to the author may be exercised individually by the author’s spouse,
ascendants, children and grandchildren during their life.
Art.1672.-Posthumous work.
A work published after the death of its author be protected for a period of fifty
years as from the date of publication.
Art.1673.-Rights of public authorities.
(1) Public authorities may in the general interest, notwithstanding the author’s
opposition, authorize the presentation or reproduction of a work of its
adaptation, after such work has been published by its author or his heirs.
(2) The conditions and forms of such authorization shall be determined by a
special law providing in particular for fair compensation to the author.
(3) In no circumstance may public authorities authorize the alteration of a work.