work, his or her Will or testamentary disposition shall be respected accordingly. 2. Where an Author or one of a group of co-authors dies without a beneficiary his or her portion of a work shall accrue to those who are entitled to it in accordance with the provisions of Islamic Sharia law. Article 30 Where the beneficiaries or successors of an Author of a work do not exercise the rights transferred to them and if the Minister is of the opinion that the publication of the work would be in the public interest the Minister may request, by registered mail, that the beneficiaries of the Author publish such work. If they do not publish the work within twelve months from the date of the request, the Minister may order the publication of the work and fair compensation shall be paid to the beneficiaries. Article 31 In the event the first publication of a work published by an Author's beneficiaries occurs following the death of the Author, the rights to the work shall be protected for fifty years as from the date of such first publication. Part 7 Provisions Related to Certain Works Article 32 National folklore shall be the public property of the State. The State as represented by the Ministry shall protect national folklore by all legal means and shall act as the Author of folkloric works with regard to any deformation, modification or commercial exploitation. Article 33 In the event that several persons participate in the creation of a work, the co-authors shall be the original owners of the financial rights to that work. A sole co-author may not exercise rights of authorship unless all co-authors express agreement in writing. Any dispute shall be settled by the relevant tribunal. Each co-author shall have the right to file a case against any copyright violation. This right is transmittable to the beneficiaries of any of the co-authors. In the event that several persons Participate in the creation of a work and the role of each of them in the joint work is distinguishable, each person shall have the right to exploit his or her Part separately, without prejudice to the exploitation of the joint work, unless agreed otherwise between the co-authors in writing. Article 34 In the case of a collective work, the natural or juristic person who initiates and directs such work shall be the original owner of the copyright, unless otherwise provided in the contract. Article 35 In the event of the co-authorship of a musical work, the music composer shall have the exclusive right to authorize the public performance, execution, publication, reproduction or communication to the public of the whole work, without prejudice to the rights of the author of the literary component of the work. The same provision shall apply to choreographic works accompanied by music, shows accompanied by music and to any other similar works.