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 9