EXCERPTS FROM THE LAW ON COPYRIGHT
(Law of June 30, 1994 - Belgian official Journal "Moniteur Belge" of July 27, 1994)
SECTION I
Copyright in General
ART.1-(1) - The author of a literary or artistic work alone shall have the right to reproduce
his work or to have it reproduced in any manner or form whatsoever.
The author of a literary or artistic work alone shall have the right to communicate his work to the public by any
process whatsoever.
ART.1-(2) - The author of a literary or artistic work shall enjoy an inalienable moral right in his work.
ART. 2 - Copyright shall subsist for 70 years after the death of the author to the benefit of the person he has designated to such effect or, failing such person, to his heirs in accordance with art. 7.
ART. 3 - The economic rights shall be movable, assignable and transferable, in whole or in part, in
accordance with the provisions of the Civil Code. In particular, they may be the subject of alienation or of an
ordinary or exclusive license.
All contracts affecting the author shall require written form.
ARTICLE 6 - Copyright shall belong as of origin to the natural person who has created the work.
Unless proved otherwise, the author shall be presumed to be the person shown as such on the work by the fact of his name
being mentioned or of a sign that enables him to be identified.
SECTION III
Special Provisions on Works of Fine Art
ART. 9 - Unless otherwise agreed, assignment of a work of fine art shall imply assignment to
the acquirer of the right to exhibit the work as such under conditions that are not damaging to the honor or
reputation of its author, but not the assignment of any other of the author's rights.
Unless otherwise agreed or save for customary practice to the contrary, the assignment of a work of fine art shall imply
prohibition on making other identical copies.
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