Article 40. Peculiarities of the authorʼs contract for the creation and use of an audiovisual work

The conclusion of the authorʼs contract for the creation and use of an audiovisual work shall entail assignment by the authors of this work to the producer of the audiovisual work of the exclusive rights of reproduction, distribution, renting out, public performance, broadcasting, communication to the public via cable, repeated communication to the public, communication to the general public of audiovisual work, as well as subtitling and dubbing of the text of the audiovisual work unless otherwise provided for in the contract. The said rights shall be valid for the term of validity of the copyright in the audiovisual work.

The use of works forming part of an audiovisual work shall be made on the basis of an authorʼs contract and other grounds provided for by law.

Rightholder, who has given his/her consent to the inclusion of a work in an audiovisual work, shall not be entitled to prohibit or restrict in any way the exploitation of an audiovisual work unless otherwise provided in the authorʼs contract with the producer of the audiovisual work.

Authors of works included in an audiovisual work whether pre-existing or created in the process of the work shall enjoy copyright in each of their works unless otherwise stated in the authorʼs contract with the producer of the audiovisual work.