Notwithstanding the provisions of Article 24, the translation of a work into Kirundi, Swahili, English
or French and the publication of that translation on the territory of Burundi, under a license granted
by the competent authority and in accordance with the conditions specified in the regulations on
translation licences annexed to this Act, shall be permitted without the authorization of the author.
Article 33
Notwithstanding the provisions of Article 24, the reproduction of a work and the publication of a
particular edition of the work on the territory of Burundi, under a license granted by the competent
authority and in accordance with the conditions specified in the regulations on reproduction licences
annexed to this Law, shall be permitted even without the authorization of the author.
CHAPTER II: EQUITABLE REMUNERATION FOR REPRODUCTION FOR PRIVATE USE
Article 34
Notwithstanding the provisions of Article 24, the reproduction of a legally published audiovisual
work or a sound recording of a work exclusively for the private use of the user shall be permitted
without the authorization of the author, but with equitable remuneration.
Equitable remuneration for reproduction for private use in the cases provided for in the above
paragraph shall be paid by the producers and importers of the physical media and devices used for
such reproduction, and it shall be collected and distributed by a collective management
organization.
In the absence of agreement between the collective management organization and the
representatives of the producers and the importers, the amount of the equitable remuneration and
the conditions of its payment shall be established by the Ministry in charge of culture.
The equitable remuneration to be paid to authors in accordance with this Article, and to performers
and phonogram producers in accordance with Article 85, shall be distributed between these three
groups of assignees in accordance with special regulations established by the Ministry in charge of
culture. The physical media and devices referred to above shall be exempt from payment of
equitable remuneration in the following cases:
(a) if they are exported;
(b) if they may not normally be used for the reproduction of works for private use (such as
professional equipment and physical devices or dictaphones and cassettes used for such a purpose).
CHAPTER III: TRANSFER OF COPYRIGHT
Article 35
Copyright shall be transferred by succession to the heirs of the author.
Article 36
The economic rights of the author, as defined in Article 24, shall be assignable and transferable in
full or in part.
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