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Intellectual Property Act, No. 36 of 2003
(2) In respect of a work of joint authorship, the coauthors shall be the original owners of the economic rights.
If, however, a work of joint authorship consists of parts that
can be used separately and the author of each part can be
identified, the author of each part shall be the original owner
of the economic rights in respect of the part that he has
created.
(3) In respect of a collective work, the physical person
or legal entity at the initiative, and under the direction, of
whom or which the work has been created shall be the
original owner of the economic rights.
(4) In respect of a work created by an author employed
by a physical person or legal entity in the course of his
employment, the original owner of the economic rights shall,
unless provided otherwise by way of a contract, be the
employer. If the work is created pursuant to a commission,
the original owner of economic rights shall be, unless
otherwise provided in a contract, the person who
commissioned the work.
(5) In respect of an audiovisual work, the original owner
of the economic rights shall be the producer, unless otherwise
provided in a contract. The co-authors of the audiovisual
work and the authors of the pre-existing works, included in,
or adapted for, the making of the audiovisual work shall,
however, maintain their economic rights in their contributions
or pre-existing works, respectively, to the extent that those
contributions or pre existing works can be the subject of
acts covered by their economic rights separately from the
audiovisual work.
Presumption of
authorship and of
representation of
the author.
15. (1) The physical person whose name is indicated
as the author on a work in the usual manner shall, in the
absence of proof to the contrary, be presumed to be the author
of the work. The provisions of this section shall be applicable
even if the name is a pseudonym, where the pseudonym
leaves no doubt as to the identity of the author.
(2) The physical person or legal entity whose name
appears on an audio-visual work shall, in the absence of
proof to the contrary, be presumed to be the producer of the
said work.
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