article 212 of this Law, except a single copy that shall be kept to the exclusive purposes of
conservation of archives and constitution of documentation.
CHAPTER IV: DURATION OF COPYRIGHTS PROTECTION
Article 250: Duration of protection for performances
The rights granted to performance under this Law shall be protected within a period of fifty
(50) years:
1° following the end of the year in which the performance was fixed in phonograms; or
2° following the end of the year in which the performance took place, if performance has not
been fixed on phonograms.
Article 251: Duration of protection for phonograms
The rights granted to phonogram under this Law shall be protected within a period of fifty
(50) years following the end of the year of publication of the phonogram or, if the phonogram
has not been published, within a period of fifty (50) years from the fixation of the phonogram,
within a period of fifty (50) years, from the first month of the year that follows the year of
fixation.
Article 252: Duration of protection for broadcasts
The rights granted to broadcasts under this Law shall be protected within a period of twenty
five (25) years from the first month of the year that follows the year in which the broadcast
took place.
TITLE IV: MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS ON COPYRIGHTS AND RELATED
RIGHTS
CHAPTER ONE: COLLECTIVE MANAGEMENT OF COPYRIGHTS AND
RELATED RIGHTS
Article 253: Company of collective management of copyrights and related rights
The use and management of copyrights, rights of performers, of phonogram producers and of
broadcasting organisations shall be entrusted to one or many private companies of collective
management of copyrights and related rights.
One or more independent companies of collective management of authors’ rights and related
rights apply the Law concerning the organisation and the functioning of commercial
companies in Rwanda.