holder is unknown or for other equivalent reasons.
(Deposit of compensation)
Article 74
- (1) In any of the following cases, a person who is required to pay the compensation provided for in Article 33, paragraph (2) (including the case where applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (4) of the same Article), Article 33-2, paragraph (2), Article 68, paragraph (1) or Article 69 shall, instead of paying the compensation [to the copyright holder], deposit said compensation:
- (i) where the copyright holder refuses or is unable to receive the compensation;
- (ii) where, without negligence on the part of said person, the copyright holder cannot be ascertained;
- (iii) where said person brings an action provided for in Article 72, paragraph (1) with respect to the amount of the compensation;
- (iv) where a pledge has been established on the copyright (except in the case where authorization has been obtained from the pledgee).
- (2) In the case of item (iii) of the preceding paragraph, at the request of the copyright holder, the person who is required to pay the compensation shall pay [to the copyright holder] an amount based upon his own estimate and deposit the difference between his estimated amount and the amount of compensation fixed in the ruling [for compulsory license].
- (3) The deposit of the compensation pursuant to the provisions of Article 67, paragraph (1) or (2) shall be made (a) with the deposit office nearest to the domicile or residence of the copyright holder in the event that said copyright holder is domiciled or maintains a residence at a known address in this country, or (b) in all other cases, with the deposit office nearest to the domicile or the residence of the depositor, as the case may be.
- (4) The person who has made a deposit pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph shall promptly notify the copyright holder of the fact of said deposit. The foregoing, however, shall not apply in the case where the depositor is unable to notify the copyright holder because the identity of the copyright holder is unknown or for other [similar] reasons.
- Section 10 Registration
(Registration of true name)
Article 75
- (1) The author of a work that is made public, anonymously or pseudonymously, may have his true name registered with respect to said work, regardless of whether he actually owns the copyright therein.
- (2) The author may, [even] after his death, obtain the registration of his true name as set forth in the preceding paragraph through a person designated in
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