A composite work is a new work in which an existing work has been incorporated
without the collaboration of the author of the latter work.
In such cases, copyright shall belong to the person who has made the composite work
and account shall be taken of the rights of the owner of the original work that has been
incorporated in the composite work.
A collective work is a work created at the initiative of a natural or legal person who
discloses it under his direction and name and in which the personal contributions of the
various authors who participated in its production are merged in the overall work for which
they were conceived without it being possible to attribute to each author a separate right in the
work as created.
Copyright shall belong to the natural or legal person who has ordered the production
and publication of the work, unless otherwise provided in a written contract.
6. The authors of translations, adaptations, transformations or arrangements of literary,
scientific or artistic works shall enjoy the protection afforded by this Law, without prejudice
to the rights of the author of the original work.
The same shall apply to authors of anthologies or collections of various works, with
account taken of the rights of the owner of the original work.
7. Folklore forms part of the national heritage and any transcription of folklore with a
view to exploitation for profit shall require authorization from the Ministry responsible for
culture against payment of a fee for the benefit of the welfare fund of the Copyright
Protection Agency established pursuant to this Law.
Authorization from the Ministry responsible for culture shall also be required for the
production of works inspired by folklore for the full or partial assignment of copyright in a
work inspired by folklore or for an exclusive license with respect to such work.
Folklore within the meaning of this Law shall be any artistic heritage bequeathed by
preceding generations and bound up with customs and traditions and any aspect of folk
creation such as folk stories, writings, music and dance.
8. The name of the author shall be given on each copy that reproduces a work and each
time that a work is made available to the public, to the extent and in the manner that is
customary.
A work may not undergo any modification without the author’s consent given in
writing.
No person shall be entitled to make a reproduced work available to the public in a form
or under circumstances that are materially and morally detrimental to the author.
Chapter II
Authors’ Rights
9. Authors’ moral rights shall include, in particular:
(a) a right of authorship: this right implies that an author shall maintain the right to
claim authorship of his work and to have his name given on each copy;
(b) a right of non-authorship: this is the author’s right to remain anonymous at the time
his work is made available to the public;
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