Article 18. Personal non-proprietary rights of the author

The author of a work shall enjoy the following personal non-proprietary rights:

the right to be recognized as the author of a work (the right of authorship);

the right to use or permit the use of a work under an author's real name, a pseudonym or without indicating name, i.e. anonymously (right of authorship name);

the right to make public or allow making a work public in any form (right to make public), including the right of revocation;

the right to protection of the work, including its title, from any distortion or any other infringement, which may damage the honor and dignity of the author (the right to protection of the author's reputation).

The author shall have the right to refuse earlier made decision on making a work public (right of revocation) under condition of compensation to the persons who have received the right to use the work, of losses caused by such decision, including loss of profit. If the work has already been made public, the author shall be obliged to publicly notify about its revocation. Hereby, he/she shall have the right to withdraw earlier produced copies of the work from circulation at own expense. These provisions shall not apply to service-related works, unless otherwise provided for in the contract with the author.

When a work is published, publicly performed or otherwise used, the introduction of any changes in the work itself, in its title, and in the name of the author shall be allowed only with the authorʼs consent.

It shall be prohibited to furnish his/her work during the publication with illustrations, a foreword, an epilogue, commentaries, or any other explanations without authorʼs consent.

The personal non-proprietary rights shall belong to the author regardless of his/her property rights and retain with him/her in case of transfer of exclusive rights to use the work.

The agreement of the author with any person and the statement of the author on refusal of implementation of personal non-proprietary rights shall be null and void.