Article 21. Right to rent out

The authors of audiovisual works, computer software, and phonograms shall have the exclusive right to permit the rental of the original or a copy of a work. The provisions of this part shall not apply to audiovisual works, unless such rental results in widespread reproduction of such works prejudicial to the exclusive right of reproduction, and also in respect of computer software, if the computer software itself is not the main object of rental.

In the case of rental of copies of the phonogram or audiovisual work, the author shall retain the right to remuneration for the rental of copies of the phonogram or the audiovisual work, notwithstanding the transfer of the right to rental of the phonogram or the audiovisual work to the producer of the phonogram or the producer of the audiovisual work. The minimum amount of this remuneration, the conditions and procedure for its payment shall be established by the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Uzbekistan.