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2 – the fixation of its programs;
3 – the reproduction of a fixation of its programs and the making available thereof to the
public by sale, hire or exchange, the broadcasting thereof and the communication thereof
to the public in a publicly accessible place against payment of an entry fee.
Article 112: The duration of the rights afforded to audiovisual communication
companies shall be twentyfive (25) years from January 1 of the calendar year following
that of the first communication of the program to the public.
Part 3: Common provisions
Chapter 1: Remuneration for private copying
Single section
Article 113: The authors and performers of works fixed in phonograms or videograms
and the producers of such phonograms or videograms shall be entitled to remuneration
for the reproduction of such works intended for strictly personal and private use, not for
collective use, and produced pursuant to Article 34 of the present Law.
Article 114: Remuneration for private copying shall be paid by the manufacturer or
importer of recording media that can be used for the reproduction for private use of
works fixed in phonograms or videograms, when such media are put into circulation in
the Republic of Chad.
The amount of the remuneration shall be based on the type of medium and the length of
recording that it allows. It shall be assessed according to the lumpsum method.
Article 115: The types of medium, the remuneration rates and the procedures for
payment of the remuneration shall be laid down in regulations; such remuneration may
not be less than 10 per cent of the price of the medium.
Article 116: Remuneration for private copying shall be collected on behalf of the
successors in title by the Chadian Copyright Office.
Remuneration for the private copying of phonograms shall be shared out as follows: half
to the authors, one quarter to the performers and one quarter to the producers.
Remuneration for the private copying of videograms shall be shared out equally among
the authors, performers and producers.
Article 117: Remuneration for private copying shall be reimbursable where the recording
medium is acquired for their own use or production by:
1 audiovisual communication companies;