- TABLE OF CONTENTS
- Chapter I—General Provisions
- Chapter II—Copyright
- General Provisions
- Scope of Copyright
- Works Protected by Copyright
- Creations Not Protected by Copyright
- Acknowledgement of Authorship; Presumption of Authorship; Registration of Works
- Moral Rights
- Economic Rights
- Works of Joint Authorship
- Copyright in Audiovisual Works
- Copyright in Composite Works
- Copyright in Derived Works
- Copyright in Collective Works
- Right of Access to Works of Fine Art; Resale Royalty
- Transfer of Copyright by Succession; Term of Copyright
- Copyright in Works Created in the Execution of Duties
- Use of the Works of Authors by Other Persons
- Chapter III—Limitations on Economic Rights
- Chapter IV—Authors' Contracts
- Chapter V—Neighbouring Rights
- Holders of Neighbouring Rights; Scope of Neighbouring Rights
- Rights of Performers
- Rights of Phonogram Producers
- Rights of Broadcasting and cable Distribution Organisations
- Limitation of the Rights of Performers, Phonogram Producers and Broadcasting and Cable Distribution Organisations
- Use of Phonograms Published for Commercial Purposes
- Ephemeral Recording of a Performance or of a Program Broadcast by a Broadcasting or Cable Distribution Organisation
- Term of Neighbouring Rights
- Chapter VI—Collective Administration of Economic Rights
- Chapter VII—Infringement of Copyright and Neighbouring Rights
- Infringement of Copyright and Neighbouring Rights; Infringing Copies of Works and Phonograms
- Circumvention of technical means of protection of copyright and neighbouring rights or modification of information on administration of copyright and neighbouring rights
- Remedies in Copyright and Neighbouring Rights
- Chapter VIII—Welfare Law Protection of Authors and Holders of Neighbouring Rights
LAW OF THE REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA ON COPYRIGHT AND NEIGHBOURING RIGHTS
no. 293-XIII of November 23,1994 (Amended by Law no. 1268-XV, of July 25, 2002)
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Article Chapter I: General Provisions
Legal Basis 1
International Treaties 2
Basic Concepts 3
Chapter II: Copyright
General Provisions 4
Scope of Copyright 5
Works Protected by Copyright 6
Works Not Protected by Copyright 7 Acknowledgement of Authorship; Presumption of Authorship;
Registration of Works 8
Moral Rights 9
Economic Rights 10
Works of Joint Authorship 11
Copyright in Audiovisual Works 12
Copyright in Composite Works 13
Copyright in Derived Works 14
Copyright in Collective Works 15 Right of Access to Works of Fine Art; Resale Royalty
16
Transfer of Copyright by Succession; Term of Copyright 17
Copyright in Works Created in the Execution of Duties 18
Use of the Works of Authors by Other Persons 19
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Chapter III: Limitations on Economic Rights
Reproduction of Works for Personal Use 20
Reprographic Reproduction by Libraries;
Archive Services and Teaching Establishments 21
Free Use of Works 22
Reproduction of Computer Programs and Databases;
Decompilation of Computer Programs 23
Chapter IV: Authors' Contracts
Transfer of Economic Rights by Author's Contract 24
Conditions and Form of Authors' Contracts 25
Chapter V: Neighbouring Rights
Holders of Neighbouring Rights; Scope of Neighbouring
Rights 26
Rights of Performers 27
Rights of Phonogram Producers 28
Rights of Broadcasting and Cable Distribution Organisations
29
Limitation of the Rights of Performers, Phonogram Producers and Broadcasting and Cable Distribution Organisations 30
Use of Phonograms Published for Commercial Purposes 31
Ephemeral Recording of a Performance or of a Program Broadcast by a Broadcasting or Cable Distribution 32
Organisation Term of Neighbouring Rights 33
Chapter VI: Collective Administration of Economic Rights
Functions of State Agencies in the Protection of Copyright
and Neighbouring Rights 34
Establishment of Organisations for the Collective
Administration of Economic Rights 35
Functions and Obligations of Organisations for the Collective
Administration of Economic Rights 36
Chapter VII: Infringement of Copyright and Neighbouring Rights Infringement of Copyright and Neighbouring Rights; Infringing Copies of Works and Phonograms 37
Remedies in Copyright and Neighbouring Rights 38
Chapter VIII: Welfare Law Protection of Authors and Holders of Neighbouring Rights
Guarantees in Respect of Economic Rights 39
Independent Creators 40
Chapter I General Provisions
Legal Basis
Art. 1. - (1) Copyright and neighbouring rights and the protection and sanction of those rights shall be governed by the Constitution, by this Law and by other texts.
(2) This Law governs the relations that arise from the creation and use of literary, artistic and scientific works (copyright) and from the creation and use of performances, phonograms and the broadcasts of radio and television organisations (neighbouring'rights).
International Treaties
Art. 2. Where an international treaty to which the Republic of Moldova is party contains rules different from those specified in this Law, the provisions of the international treaty «shall apply.
Basic Concepts Art. 3. For the purposes of this Law:
- author means the natural person whose creative effort has led to the creation of a work;
database means a compilation of data or other materials both in a mechanically readable form and in other form, which by selection and arrangement of contents represents the result of a creative work;
audiovisual work means a work consisting of a series of coherent frames (recorded with or without sound) giving an impression of movement and which is intended for audio-visual perception (when recorded with sound);
collective work means a work created by more than one natural person at the initiative and under the direction of a natural or legal person who will publish the work under his own name;
derived work means the result of creative intellectual effort based on a preexisting work (translation, adaptation, stage adaptation, transformation, etc.);