its completion, the authors of said parts shall have the
right to dispose freely of those parts.
Article 134
The producer shall only be obliged to make copies of
prints of the cinematographic work as and when these
are requested by distributors or by companies running
cinemas.
Article 135
Unless specifically agreed otherwise, the producer of a
film shall not be free to sell the copies produced at
reduced prices or to destroy copies on the grounds that
there is no demand for them.
Article 136
The provisions of this Chapter shall also apply to
works produced by any process analogous to
cinematography.
CHAPTER V
Phonographic Recording and Fixing and
Reproduction by mechanical and other means
Article 137
1. The recording or fixing of an intellectual work
for adaptation to any apparatus intended for
mechanical, electrical or chemical
reproduction, or reproduction by any other
process, shall always be dependent on the
particular authorization of the author or the
successors to all or certain of his rights.
2. This authorization must be given in writing
and shall only allow the recipient to record or
fix the work and to sell the copies produced;
unless expressly stipulated, it shall not
attribute the right to present the recorded or
fixed work in public, or to broadcast or
transmit it in any way.
3. Authorization to present the recorded or fixed
work in public, or to broadcast or transmit it in
any way, must also be given in writing, and it
may be attributed to an entity other than that
authorized to record or fix the work.
Article 138
1. For the purposes of this Law, the material
carrier on which the literary, scientific or
musical work is recorded or fixed and which
serves as the vehicle for its sound
transmission, shall be named phonogram. The
for the area in which the production company
is domiciled.
Article 128
1. Translations, transformations and dubbing into
other languages of the film shall also depend
on the written authorization of its
author/authors; the producer may not screen
such versions without special authorization
for that purpose.
2. Sound or visual broadcasts of the
corresponding film, trailer, or tapes or disks of
extracts of the film, shall also be dependent on
the authorization of the author or authors of
the cinematographic work.
Article 129
Unless otherwise specifically agreed, the producer who
has concluded the contract with the author/authors may
enter into partnership with another producer in order to
ensure the execution and exploitation of the
cinematographic work. The producer may also at any
time transfer rights deriving from the contract to a
third party; however, he shall continue to have a
responsibility towards the author regarding the strict
fulfillment of the contract.
Article 130
The authors of cinematographic works shall have the
right to require that their names be displayed during
the screening of the film, together with an indication of
their individual contributions to the work in question.
Article 131
Where the cinematographic work is an adaptation of a
preexisting work, it shall mention the latter’s title, as
well as the author’s name, pseudonym, or any other
identifying sign.
Article 132
Authors of the literary and musical parts of a
cinematographic work may reproduce and use these
parts separately in any way, provided that this does not
prejudice the exploitation of the work as a whole.
Article 133
Where the producer fails to complete production of the
cinematographic work within a period of three years
from the date of the handing over of the literary and
musical parts, or fails to have the finished film
screened within a period of three years from the date of
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