Collection of Laws for Electronic Access YH CAMEROON inalienable right to share in the proceeds of any sale of such original work or manuscript in a public auction or through a merchant, irrespective of the terms and conditions under which the latter carried out the transaction. (2) The amount corresponding to this right and the payment conditions shall be determined by statutory instrument. (3) This right shall be transferable upon death. 21.—(1) The incorporeal ownership of a work shall be independent of ownership of the material object. Unless otherwise stipulated, the acquisition of the object shall not confer on the buyer any of the rights provided for in this law. These rights shall subsist in the person of the original copyright owner or his rightful claimants who may not, however, require the buyer to place the said object at their disposal. (2) Unless otherwise stipulated in the contract and notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (1) above, the rightful buyer of an original or a copy of a work shall enjoy the rights of the live presentation in public of this original or copy. (3) The right provided for in subsection (2) above shall not extend to persons who obtain originals or copies of a work by rental or any other means of which they are not owners. 22.—(1) Exploitation of a work by any person other than the author may not be allowed without the latter’s written authorization or that of his rightful claimant in writing including any electronic devices. (2) The authorization must be in writing, on pain of nullity. (3) The authorization to exploit may cover all or part of the rights, either free of charge or in return for payment. (4) Where authorization is total, its scope shall be limited to the forms of exploitation provided for in the authorization. (5) An authorization dealing with audiovisual adaptation rights must be written separately from that which deals with the actual publishing of the printed work. (6) The authorization shall be limited to the patrimonial rights expressly stated in the document. Each right shall be stated separately. (7) The authorization shall determine the mode, duration and place of exploitation. (8) The failure to specify the place of exploitation shall be considered as limiting the authorization to the country where it is granted. (9) The failure to specify the place of exploitation shall be considered as limiting the authorization to the mode of exploitation expressed at the granting of the authorization. 23.—(1) The licence contract may be exclusive or not. CM001EN Copyright, Law, 19/12/2000, No. 2000/011 page 8/25