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the director.
If an audiovisual work is adapted from a pre-existing work or script which is still protected,
the authors of the original work shall be included as authors of the new work.
The original owners of the moral and economic rights in an audiovisual work shall be the coauthors of this work.
CHAPTER VI - TERM OF PROTECTION
Article 34:
In the absence of provisions to the contrary, economic rights in a work of the mind shall be
protected during the author’s lifetime and seventy (70) years after his death.
After the protection of economic rights expires, the collective management organization shall
be legally authorized to enforce the author’s moral rights.
Article 35:
The economic rights in a collaborative work shall be protected during the lifetime of the last
surviving author and for seventy (70) years after his death.
Article 36:
The economic rights in a work published anonymously or under a pseudonym shall be
protected until the 70-year period from the end of the calendar year when such a work was
lawfully published for the first time lapses.
Where a publication has not been brought out in the seventy (70) years since the work was
produced, the economic rights shall be protected for seventy (70) years from the end of the
calendar year when such a work was legally made available to the public.
Where the work has not been published or made available from the time this work was
produced, the economic rights shall be protected for seventy (70) years from the calendar year
of such production.
If prior to the expiry of the periods established in the paragraphs above, the identity of the
author is revealed or is unambiguous, the provisions of Article 35 or of this Article shall
apply.
Article 37:
The economic rights in a collective work, audiovisual work or radio work shall be protected
until the 70-year period from the end of the calendar year when such a work was lawfully
published for the first time lapses.
Where a publication has not been brought out in the seventy (70) years since the work was
produced, the economic rights shall be protected for seventy (70) years from the end of the
calendar year when such a work was made available to the public.