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(i) where, upon the author's death, the copyright escheats to the National Treasury pursuant to the provisions of Article 959 (Escheatment of Remaining Assets to National Treasury) of the Civil Code (Act No. 89 of 1896);
(ii) where, upon the dissolution of a juridical person who is the copyright holder, the copyright escheats to the National Treasury pursuant to the provisions of Article 72, paragraph (3) (Escheatment of Remaining Assets to National Treasury) of the Civil Code or the provisions of other equivalent acts.
(2) The provisions of Article 54, paragraph (2) shall apply mutatis mutandis in the case where the copyright in a cinematographic work terminates pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph.
Section 7 Exercise of Rights

(Authorization to exploit works)
Article 63

(1) The copyright holder may authorize another person to exploit the work which is the subject of his copyright.
(2) A person who obtains authorization pursuant to the preceding paragraph may exploit the subject work in the manner and to the extent so authorized.
(3) The right to exploit the work which is the subject of an authorization granted pursuant to paragraph (1) may not be transferred without the consent of the copyright holder.
(4) Unless otherwise stipulated by contract, an authorization to broadcast or wire-broadcast a work does not include an authorization to make sound or visual recordings of said work.
(5) The provisions of Article 23, paragraph(1) shall not apply to the making transmittable of a work by a person who has obtained authorization to make a work transmittable pursuant to paragraph (1), to the extent the making transmittable of such work is made repeatedly or by means of another automatic public transmission server in the manner and to the extent so authorized; provided, however, that such manner and/or extent do not deal with the frequency of the making transmittable of such work or with the automatic public transmission server to be utilized for the making transmittable of such work.

(Exercise of moral rights of co-authors)
Article 64

(1) The moral rights of co-authors of a work of joint authorship may not be exercised without the unanimous agreement of all co-authors.
(2) A co-author of a work of joint authorship may not, in bad faith, prevent the agreement set forth in the preceding paragraph from being reached.
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