SECTION 4: OWNERSHIP OF COPYRIGHTS
Article 222: Original ownership of copyrights
The original owner of moral and economic rights is the author who has created the work.
Article 223: Presumption of authorship
The natural 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 and, in this
capacity, shall be entitled to exercise and enforce the moral and economic rights of the author.
This provision shall be applicable even if the name is a pseudonym, where the pseudonym
leaves no doubt as to the identity of the author.
In the case of an anonymous or pseudonymous work, subject where the pseudonym leaves no
doubt as to the identity of the author, the publisher whose name appears on the work shall, in
the absence of proof to the contrary, be presumed to represent the author and, in this capacity,
shall be entitled to exercise and enforce the moral and economic rights of the author. The
provisions of this paragraph shall cease to apply when the author reveals his or her identity
and ownership.
Article 224: Ownership of a work of joint authorship
The co-authors shall be the original owners of the moral and economic rights.
Where a work of joint authorship can not be used separately, the co-authors shall be the
owners jointly but each of those persons may willingly assign his or her part and shall
undertake separate proceedings for infringement.
If, a work of joint authorship consists of parts that can be used separately and can be
reproduced, performed or executed in a different manner, the author of each part can be
entitled the rights on the part that shows personal contribution on that work, until otherwise
stipulated in contract, but in this case the author of a part shall remain one of the co-authors of
the whole work.
Article 225: Ownership of a collective work
The original owner of the moral and economic rights for a collective work shall be the
physical person or moral entity who has initiated its creation and under whose responsibility
the work has been created.
Article 226: Ownership of a work created in relation with employment contract
In respect of a work created by an author employed by a physical person or legal entity in the
course of his or her employment, the original owner of the moral and economic rights shall
be, unless provided otherwise in a contract, the employed author. However, the economic
rights shall be deemed assigned to the employer or his or her representative to the extent
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