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Collection of Laws for Electronic Access
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incomplete. A photographic work or any other work resulting from a realization through an
automatic process shall be considered as a created work.
(4) Except where otherwise proved, the author shall be the person(s) in whose name(s)
or pseudonym(s) the declaration of the work was filed with the competent collective
management body or was published.
8.—(1) Co-authors shall be the first joint holders of the copyright in a joint work.
However, except where otherwise agreed between the co-authors, if a joint work can be
divided into independent parts, each co-author shall be free to use the independent part which
he created while remaining a joint holder of the rights linked to the joint work considered as a
whole. However, the use shall not be prejudicial to that of the joint work.
(2) Co-authors shall exercise their rights by mutual agreement. The co-author who
takes the initiative of going to court to defend his patrimonial rights shall be bound, under
pain of inadmissibility, to involve his co-authors.
(3) The updating of the components of a work belonging to one of the co-authors may
not be done without his consent or without a formal notification to do so if he objects.
(4) The co-author who voluntarily allows the exploitation of a joint work without
making any claims shall be considered as having disclaimed the profits derived from the
exploitation. However, he may exercise the rights of co-author in future.
(5) Except as otherwise agreed, the share of each co-author in profits derived from
exploiting the work shall be proportionate to his contribution in the creation.
(6) A joint work shall be subject to a collaboration agreement. In case of disagreement,
the court with jurisdiction shall rule.
(7) Notwithstanding the rights of the co-author arising from his contribution to a joint
work, the other co-authors may, by mutual agreement, put an end to the contribution which
this co-author did not complete following a refusal or in a case of force majeure.
(8) The joint work shall be considered as having been completed when the final version
was established by mutual agreement between the co-authors. For joint works which are
commissioned works, the final version shall be established by mutual agreement between the
co-authors and the person who commissioned the work.
9.—(1) Authors of pseudonymous or anonymous works shall enjoy in respect thereof
the advantages referred to in Section 13 below. However, they shall be represented by the
publisher of their works where they failed to indicate their civil identity or to justify their
capacity.
(2) The provisions of previous subsection (1) above shall not be applicable when the
pseudonym leaves no doubt as to the civil identity of the author.
10. The author of a composite work shall be the first holder of the copyright in the
work, subject to the respect of the copyright in each pre-existing work included in the
derivative work.
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Copyright, Law, 19/12/2000, No. 2000/011
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