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 Section 8, section 9, and section 10 shall apply mutatis mutandis to the holding of copyright according to section 11 or section 12.

A ministry, bureau, department, or any other state or local agency does hold the copyright in a work created on account of having been hired by it, or as ordered by it, or under its control, save where a different agreement has been adopted in writing.

Subject to section 9, section 10, and section 14, the owner of the copyright does have the exclusive rights as follows:

to reproduce or adapt [the work];

to communicate [the work] to the public;

to let for rent the original or copies of the computer program, audiovisual work, film, or sound recording;

to give other persons the benefits accruing from the copyright;

to permit other persons to use the right under (1), (2), or (3), with or without any conditions prescribed therefor; provided that the said conditions cannot be prescribed in such a manner that restricts competition unfairly.

The consideration as to whether or not a condition prescribed according to paragraph 1 (5) would unfairly restrict competition shall be in accordance with the criteria, procedure, and conditions prescribed in ministerial regulations.

In the event that the owner of the copyright under this Act has permitted anyone to use a right according to section 15(5), this does not prejudice the right of the owner of the copyright to permit another person to use such right also, save where a prohibition has been specified in the letter of permission.

Copyright is transferable.

The owner of the copyright may transfer his copyright, in whole or in part, to another person, and the transfer may be subject to a time limit or may take effect for the entire term of copyright protection.

The transfer of copyright according to paragraph 2 in any other way than succession must be done in writing with the signatures of the transferor and the transferee. If no time limit is stated in the contract of transfer, it shall be deemed that the transfer is subject to a time limit of ten years.