Notwithstanding the provisions of Article 8 (v), the importing of a copy of a work by a natural
person, for personal purposes, shall be permitted without the consent of the author or of any
other holder of the copyright in the work.
(B) EQUITABLE REMUNERATION
Article 21: Equitable Remuneration for Reproduction for Private Purposes
(1) Notwithstanding the provisions of Article 8, it is permitted, without authorization by the
author but subject to payment of equitable remuneration, to reproduce a legitimately
published audiovisual work or the soundtrack of a work exclusively for the private purposes
of the user.
(2) Equitable remuneration for reproduction for private purposes, in the cases provided for in
paragraph (1), means payment made by the producers and importers of the equipment and
physical material used for the reproduction, and received and distributed by the Copyright
Office of Niger. In the absence of agreement between the representatives of the producers
and importers on the one hand and the Copyright Office of Niger on the other, the amount of
equitable remuneration and the conditions of the payment thereof shall be fixed by the
ordinary courts.
(3) The equitable remuneration to be paid to authors under this article, as well as to
performers and producers of phonograms, must, in accordance with Article 46, be distributed
between these three groups of right holders in accordance with the regulations in force.
(4) The equipment and the physical material mentioned in paragraph (2) shall be exempt
from payment of equitable remuneration:
(a) if they are for export;
(b) if they cannot be normally used for reproduction of works intended for private purposes
(such as professional equipment and material supports, or dictaphones and cassettes for use
therewith).
Chapter V: Term of Protection
Article 22: Term of Protection: General
(1) Except as otherwise provided in this Chapter, the economic rights in a work shall be
protected during the lifetime of the author and for fifty (50) years after his death.
(2) The moral rights shall be without limit in time. After the expiry of protection of the
economic rights, the Copyright Office of Niger shall be entitled to ensure compliance with the
moral rights for the benefit of the authors.
Article 23: Term of Protection for Works of Joint Authorship
The economic rights in a work of joint authorship shall be protected during the lifetime of the
last surviving author and for fifty (50) years after his death.
Article 24: Term of Protection for Anonymous and Pseudonymous Works
The economic rights in a work published anonymously or under a pseudonym shall be
protected until the expiry of a period of fifty (50) years as from the date on which such work
has been lawfully published for the first time, except where, prior to the expiry of such a
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