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(2) The audiovisual production contract shall not entail the transfer to the producer of
the graphic or theatrical rights to the work. It shall include the list of elements used in the
production of the work which are preserved as well as the terms and conditions of such
preservation.
(3) Authors shall be due remuneration for each kind of exploitation. Subject to the
provisions of Section 24 above, when the public pays a price to receive a specific and
specifiable audiovisual work, the remuneration shall be proportional to that price, taking into
account possible degressive rates which may be granted by the distributor. It shall be paid to
the authors by the producer.
52.—(1) The producer shall, at least once a year, provide the author and co-authors
with a statement of receipts earned from exploiting each mode of the work. He shall, at their
request, provide all proofs to ascertain the correctness of accounts, particularly the copies of
contracts by which he transfers all or part of the rights at his disposal.
(2) The author shall assure the producer of the peaceful exercise of the rights
transferred.
53.—(1) The producer shall ensure that the audiovisual work is exploited in accordance
with the practices of the profession and the nature of the work.
(2) The producer shall consult the director prior to any transfer of the audiovisual work
to another type of medium in view of another mode of exploitation.
54. In view of the payment of authors’ remuneration accruing from the exploitation of
the audiovisual work, authors shall enjoy the same preferential rights as those provided for in
Section 15(3) above.
55.—(1) Receivership or liquidation of property shall not give rise to termination of the
audiovisual production contract. Where the production or exploitation of the work continues,
all the obligations of the producers towards the co-authors shall be fulfilled by the receiver,
the administrator or any other person involved in the operations of the enterprise during
receivership or liquidation of property.
(2) In case of transfer of all or part of the enterprise or liquidation, the administrator,
the debtor, or the liquidator, as the case may be, shall arrange in a separate set each
audiovisual work that may be transferred or auctioned. He shall be bound, on pain of nullity,
to notify each of the authors and co-producers of the work through registered letter at least
one month prior to any decision concerning the transfer or liquidation procedure. The buyer
shall equally be bound by the obligations of the transferor. The author and co-authors shall
have pre-emptive right over the works, unless one of the co-producers decides to buy it.
Failing any agreement, the purchase price shall be fixed by an expert.
(3) Where the enterprise has been out of business for more than three months or where
liquidation has been pronounced, the author and co-authors may demand the termination of
the audiovisual production contract.
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Copyright, Law, 19/12/2000, No. 2000/011
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