SECTION 28 — Copyright shall be transferable upon death
29.—(1) Where the work was published with the authorization of the author, he may
not forbid:
(a) private performances strictly within family circles, provided they do not give rise to
any proceeds;
(b) performances given free of charge for educational and academic purposes, or during
a religious service, and within premises reserved for such purposes;
(c) reproductions and transformations in one copy for strictly personal and private use
of the person who makes them, excluding any collective use or any exploitation for profit,
except in the cases provided for in subsections (2) and (3) below;
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(d) analysis, press reviews, short quotations justified by the critical, pedagogic,
scientific or informative nature of the work on condition that they be accompanied by the
indication of the “source” and the name of the author, if the name is contained in the source;
(e) the use of literary or artistic works as teaching illustration through publication,
broadcast programmes or sound or visual recordings, provided such use is fair and non-profit
making;
(f) parody, pastiche and cartoon, taking into account the laws governing the genre;
(g) Braille reproductions for the blind;
(h) reproductions and transformations intended to serve as evidence in administrative
or legal proceedings.
(2) The temporary reproduction of a work shall be allowed on condition that such
reproduction:
(a) takes place during a digital broadcast of the work or a performance to expose a
work stored digitally;
(b) is undertaken by an individual or corporate body authorized by the owner of the
copyright or by law to carry out the transmission of the work or the act aimed at making it
perceptible;
(c) is accessory to the transmission, is done under the normal conditions of use of the
equipment and is automatically cancelled without allowing for the electronic recuperation of
the work for purposes other than those provided for in (a) and (b) above.
(3) The restriction for private copies provided for in subsection (1) above shall not
apply to:
(a) the reproduction of architectural works in the form of similar buildings or
constructions;
(b) the reprographic reproduction of an entire book or musical piece in graphic form;
(c) the reproduction of databases or banks and software, unless as provided for in
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