Laws Article 42 If the ownership of the original copy of a work is transferred, this shall not include the transfer of the author's copyright. However, whoever possesses that copy may present it to the public, and he/ she shall not be obligated to grant the author a license to copy, transfer or display it, unless otherwise agreed. Article 43 The author alone may, if there are serious moral reasons, request the court of first instance to rule to withdraw his/ her classified work from handling or to introduce substantial amendments to it despite of his/ her disposal of the financial usufruct rights. In this case, the author shall be obliged to compensate the person who financial usufruct rights devolved to him/ her in a fair compensation estimated by the court that has the authority to rule compelling the author to pay this compensation in advance within a period it specified, otherwise the ruling shall have no effect or he/ she shall be obligated to present a guarantor accepted by the court. Article 44 Every author whose right, under the provisions of this law, is infringed upon shall be entitled to an appropriate compensation. When estimating the compensation, the cultural status of the author, the literary, scientific and artistic value of the work and the extent of the benefit obtained by the infringer from the exploitation of the work, shall be taken into consideration. Article 45 If any of the following acts are committed, it shall be considered an act of piracy is punishable by a fine of not less than (5,000,000) dinars and not exceeding (10,000,000) dinars: Official Gazette of Iraqi Issue No. (1957) 16 Date: 21/01/1971