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COPYRIGHT

Importation of mechani- cal musical appliances

Right of reproduc- tion by cine- matograph protected

Cinemato- graphic pro- ductions protected

try, shall have been law- fully adapted to mechani- cal instruments before the going into force of the present Convention.

The adaptations made by virtue of paragraphs 2 and 3 of this article and imported without the au- thorization of the parties interested into a country where they are not lawful, may be seized there.

Article 14

Authorsof literary, scien- tific or artistic works have the exclusive right to au- thorize the reproduction and the public representa- tion of their works by means of the cinematograph.

Cinematographic pro- ductions are protected as literary or artistic works when by the arrangement of the stage effects or by the combination of inci- dents represented, the au- thor shall have given to the work a personal and origi- nal character.

Without prejudice to the rights of the author in the original work, thereproduc- tion by the cinematograph of a literary, scientific or artistic work is protected as an original work.