Article 34. Copyright in a service-related work

The author's personal non-proprietary rights to a work created by way of performance of official duties or an official assignment (service-related work) shall be retained by the author of the work.

Exclusive rights to use a service-related work shall belong to the employer, unless otherwise provided in the contract between the employer and the author.

The amount of remuneration for each type of use of the service-related work and the procedure for payment thereof shall be established by the contract between the author and the employer. Upon expiry of ten years from the date of making the work public and — upon employerʼs consent — even earlier, the author shall acquire the full right to use the work and to receive remuneration, regardless of the contract concluded with the employer.

The author's right to use the service-related work in a way not conditioned by the purpose of the assignment shall not be limited.

The employer shall have the right to indicate its name in any use of a service-related work or to demand such an indication.

The provisions of this Article shall not apply to the creation — as part of the performance of official duties or an official assignment of the employer — of encyclopedias, encyclopedic dictionaries, periodic and continuing collections of scientific works, newspapers, magazines, and other periodicals stipulated by part three of Article 17 of this Law.