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BERNE CONVENTION FOR THE PROTECTION OF LITERARY AND ARTISTIC WORKS (Paris Text 1971)
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ARTICLE-2bis
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... (3) Nevertheless, the
author
shall enjoy the
exclusive right
of making a
collection
of his
works
mentioned in the preceding paragraphs. ...
ARTICLE-5
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... (2) The
enjoyment
and the
exercise
of these
rights
shall not be
subject
to any
formality
; such
enjoyment
and such
exercise
shall be
independent
of the existence of
protection
in the
country of origin
of the
work
. Consequently, apart from the
provisions
of this
Convention
, the
extent
of
protection
, as well as the means of
redress
afforded to the
author
to
protect
his
rights
, shall be
governed
exclusively
by the
laws
of the
country
where
protection
is claimed. ...
ARTICLE-8
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...
Authors
of
literary
and
artistic works
protected
by this
Convention
shall enjoy the
exclusive right
of making and of
authorizing
the
translation
of their
works
throughout the
term of protection
of their
rights
in the
original works
. ...
ARTICLE-9
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... (1)
Authors
of
literary
and
artistic works
protected
by this
Convention
shall have the
exclusive right
of
authorizing
the
reproduction
of these
works
, in any
manner
or form. ...
ARTICLE-11
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... (1)
Authors
of
dramatic
,
dramatico-musical
and
musical works
shall enjoy the
exclusive right
of
authorizing
:
(i) the
public
performance
of their
works
,
including
such
public
performance
by any means or process;
(ii) any
communication
to the
public
of the
performance
of their
works
.
...
ARTICLE-11bis
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... (1)
Authors
of
literary
and
artistic works
shall enjoy the
exclusive right
of
authorizing
:
(i) the broadcasting of their
works
or the
communication
thereof to the
public
by any other means of
wireless
diffusion of
signs
,
sounds
or
images
;
(ii) any
communication
to the
public
by
wire
or by
rebroadcasting
of the
broadcast
of the
work
, when this
communication
is made by an
organization
other than the
original
one;
(iii) the
public communication
by
loudspeaker
or any other analogous
instrument
transmitting, by
signs
,
sounds
or
images
, the
broadcast
of the
work
.
...
ARTICLE-11ter
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... (1)
Authors
of
literary works
shall enjoy the
exclusive right
of
authorizing
:
(i) the
public
recitation of their
works
,
including
such
public
recitation by any means or process;
(ii) any
communication
to the
public
of the recitation of their
works
.
...
ARTICLE-12
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...
Authors
of
literary
or
artistic works
shall enjoy the
exclusive right
of
authorizing
adaptations
,
arrangements
and other
alterations
of their
works
. ...
ARTICLE-13
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... (1) Each
country
of the
Union
may impose for itself
reservations
and
conditions
on the
exclusive right
granted
to the
author
of a
musical work
and to the
author
of any words, the
recording
of which together with the
musical work
has already been
authorized
by the latter, to
authorize
the
sound
recording
of that
musical work
, together with such words, if any; but all such
reservations
and
conditions
shall apply only in the
countries
which have imposed them and shall not, in any
circumstances
, be prejudicial to the
rights
of these
authors
to obtain
equitable
remuneration
which, in the
absence
of
agreement
, shall be fixed by
competent authority
. ...
ARTICLE-14
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... (1)
Authors
of
literary
or
artistic works
shall have the
exclusive right
of
authorizing
:
(i) the
cinematographic
adaptation
and
reproduction
of these
works
, and the
distribution
of the
works
thus adapted or
reproduced
;
(ii) the
public
performance
and
communication
to the
public
by
wire
of the
works
thus adapted or
reproduced
.
...
ARTICLE-25
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... (c)
Expenses
not attributable
exclusively
to the
Union
but also to one or more other Unions administered by the
Organization
shall be considered as
expenses
common
to the Unions. The
share
of the
Union
in such
common
expenses
shall be in proportion to the
interest
the
Union
has in them. ...
ARTICLE-II
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... (1) Any
country
which has
declared
that it will avail itself of the faculty provided for in this
Article
shall be entitled, so far as
works
published
in
printed
or analogous forms of
reproduction
are
concerned
, to substitute for the
exclusive right
of
translation
provided for in
Article
IV
. ...
... (ii) the
translation
is only for use in
broadcasts
intended
exclusively
for
teaching
or for the
dissemination
of the results of specialized
technical
or
scientific research
to
experts
in a particular
profession
; ...
... (iii) the
translation
is used
exclusively
for the
purposes
referred to in
condition
(ii) through
broadcasts
made lawfully and intended for
recipients
on the
territory
of the said
country
,
including
broadcasts
made through the
medium
of
sound
or
visual
recordings
lawfully and
exclusively
made for the
purpose
of such
broadcasts
; ...
... (iii) the
translation
is used
exclusively
for the
purposes
referred to in
condition
(ii) through
broadcasts
made lawfully and intended for
recipients
on the
territory
of the said
country
,
including
broadcasts
made through the
medium
of
sound
or
visual
recordings
lawfully and
exclusively
made for the
purpose
of such
broadcasts
; ...
ARTICLE-III
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... (1) Any
country
which has
declared
that it will avail itself of the faculty provided for in this
Article
shall be entitled to substitute for the
exclusive right
of
reproduction
provided for in
Article
IV
. ...
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