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Article 100: The signing of a contract concluded between a performer and a producer for
the production of an audiovisual work shall constitute authorization to fix and reproduce
the performer's performance and to communicate it to the public.
Such contract shall establish separate remuneration for each mode of exploitation of the
work.
Section 2: Rights of producers of phonograms
Article 101: The following acts shall be subject to the written consent of the phonogram
producer:
1 – the direct or indirect reproduction of his phonogram;
2 – the import of copies of his phonogram with a view to the distribution thereof to the
public;
3 – the distribution to the public of copies of his phonogram by sale or by any other form
of transfer of ownership;
4 – rental or public lending;
5 – communication to the public other than that mentioned in Article 90.
Article 102: The rights afforded to a phonogram producer under the preceding Article,
and also the copyright and the rights of the performers at his disposal, in the work fixed
in such phonogram may not be assigned separately.
Article 103: The duration of a phonogram producer's rights shall be fifty (50) years from
January 1 of the calendar year following that of the fixation.
Section 3: Equitable remuneration for phonograms for commercial use
Article 104: Where a phonogram has been published for commercial purposes, the
performer and the producer may not oppose:
1 – the direct communication thereof in a public place, provided that it is not used in
entertainment;
2 the broadcast thereof, or the simultaneous distribution in full of such broadcast by
cable.
Such uses of phonograms published for commercial purposes, irrespective of the place of
fixation of such phonograms, shall entitle performers and producers to remuneration.