The Republic of LATVIA, the law on copyright and related rights in the copyright SECTION of the FIRST chapter one General provisions article 1. Law terms used in this law means the terms used: the author is a natural person whose creative ability resulting from the particular job, or a person who has acquired the copyright in accordance with the procedure laid down in this law.
Audiovisual work work consisting of interconnected and motion picture series of creative effects with or without sound accompaniment, which you can interpret it and lay of Visuality sound accompaniment in the event of possible to perceive its sound.
The audiovisual work or phonogram producer means the person who committed such work be produced.
Notification of work is action (including publishing), the first work becomes available to the public.
Computer is an electronic or other similar information processing and storage device.
A computer program is in words, codes, schemes or in any other form, the information media recorded a set of instructions that a computer can read and what the computer activates a particular action or a particular task or result.
A computer program adaptation is the only user of the application of technical means.
Design work is with the artistic design (artistic design) or with a design method for creating jobs — virtually be used in external shape of the subject with an aesthetic value.
Fixation is the sound of a material in the form of incarnation (in whatever form), in which sound can make audible at any time.
Photographic work is light or other radiation exposure or saglabājum of any environment, from which the image is created or transmitted (any technique, chemical, electronic or other means).
Frame picture, taken from the audiovisual work, considered not as photographic work, but of the audiovisual work.
Phonogram is a musical, spoken and other types of sound (excluding the audiovisual work includes sound) the result of magnetic fixation tapes, floppy disks or optical devices (don't care which way — digital or analog).
The artist is an artist performer, that is, an actor, singer, musician, dancer or any other person that publicly reflects a role, sing, read, play a musical instrument or in any other way perform literary or Visual Arts work, provides stage, circus or puppet performances, conductor, stage Director, audiovisual performances and producers of phonograms.
The license is the author or other copyright owner (licensor) permits users of the work (the licensee) to use the work with techniques and in accordance with those provisions, on which they agreed.
Applied arts work is a work of art, which features virtually universally applicable subjects.
Publish (in release) means that the copy of the work with the author's consent to become available to the public, subject to the condition that the number of copies to meet the reasonable demand of the audience according to the nature of the work.
Works not put up, if: — creates a dramatic, dramatic musical or audiovisual works;
— are running tracks;
— are publicly read literary works;
— are broadcast over the air or by wire literature or art;
— are played (display) Visual Arts work, or implemented (built) architectural works.
Public view means that the original or copies of the work are played directly or on screen with film, slide, television or other devices or processes, but in relation to audiovisual works — played in the individual images irrespective of their order.
A public performance is any other work, except the audiovisual work, reading, performance, dance, aktierisk performance or some other mixed technique directly or by any device or process executed the work through the presentation form. Audiovisual work, it is the images, in the case of a phonogram the audibility of sound with any device or process, via the site or sites where people are outside the usual family circle, and when the family's closest acquaintances are or can be present, irrespective of whether they are or can be present at the same place and time, or at different places and times.
Broadcast over the air are getting notification (display or perform the work) to the public by wireless transmission techniques (also of radio or television, satellites).
Translation is a direct broadcast over the air or by wire.
Reproduction of the work or of a phonogram is one or more copy creation in any physical form, in the work or sound recording prolonged or temporary storage in electronic form, as well as one or more trīsdimensiāl a copy from divdimensiāl and divdimensiāl of one or more copy from trīsdimensiāl.
Reprographic imaging unit means a reproduction or copy of the original production of Faksimileksemplār by any means, for example, photocopying, except for printing.
Faksimileksemplār manufacture of photocopy increased or reduced scale with the considered reproduction of Reprographic imaging unit.
Visual art is any painting, sculpture and graphics, business, decorative or environmental art work that well with mixed technique implemented in a work of art, sketches, articles, compositions working models, mock-ups and other creative process at an intermediate state of the fixed works.
2. article. Copyright scope (1) copyright in works published in the territory of the Republic of Latvia or is not notified, but located in the territory of the Republic of Latvia in any physical form, is the author and his heirs, as well as other copyright successors.
(2) the copyright for works that were simultaneously published abroad and in the territory of the territory of the Republic of Latvia, is the author and his heirs, as well as other copyright successors.
(3) in accordance with the second paragraph of this article, the work shall be deemed published simultaneously in foreign territory and the territory of the Republic of Latvia, if the territory of the Republic of Latvia was published within 30 days after it is first published in a foreign territory.
(4) the Republic of Latvia citizens and other persons residing in the territory of the Republic of Latvia, as well as their successors tiekatzīt copyright to works that notified in any physical form in the foreign territory. Other people's copyright to works that the notified or disclosed in any form in the territory of foreign countries are recognised in accordance with the international treaties of the Republic of Latvia.
The second chapter of the copyright subject matter article 3. General provisions (1) copyrights on Science, literature, music and Visual Arts works regardless of the statement of work and values, as well as from the work type of the expression.
(2) the copyright in works eligible for ideas and concepts, published or not published, but disclosed in any physical form.
(3) the author, his successor in title, or other copyright owner of the rights to your work can attest with copyright protection, which shall reproduce the techniques and in a place to be seen clearly that the copyright remains. This mark shall consist of three elements: the letter «C» circle;
— the copyright owner name (name);
— work first published in the year.
(4) copyright and property rights are personal in nature, they give the author full and exclusive rights to the use of the work without any restrictions, if this law provides otherwise.
(5) a statement of the audiovisual works included in the international register in accordance with the international agreements to which the Republic of Latvia, a party is considered to be true until it is proven otherwise, except when: 1) notice may not be valid under this Act or any other law that audiovisual work protected property rights in the Republic of Latvia;
2) statement is in conflict with any other notice contained in the international registration.
4. article. Works covered by copyright (1) Copyright protects literary, scientific, artistic and musical originals science, literature, music and Visual art, regardless of the nature and form of the expression: 1) literary works (books, pamphlets, computer programs, and other written works, speeches, lectures, calls, messages, sermons and other works of similar nature);
2) dramatic and musical works, dramatic scenarios, the titles of audio-visual works projects;
3) horeogrāfisko and pantomime;
4) music works with text or no text;
5) audiovisual works (movies, telefilms and video, slide films and other film and television work);
6) drawings, painting, sculpture and graphic works and other works of Visual art;
7) works of applied art, scenery and stage design;
8) design work;
9) fotogrāfisko work in jobs that met a photo-like manner;
10), structures, buildings, architectural sketches, work items, projects and buildings and premises solutions and other architectural products, urban and garden and park projects and solutions;

11) geographical, geological and other thematic maps, plans, sketches, plastisko works relating to geography, topography and citāmzinātn.
(2) the copyright belongs to the author as soon as the work is created. Copyright ownership and implementation of the certification does not require registration, special design work or any other formalities.
(3) the name of the job if the original tiekaizsargāt of days under this act as part of a job.
5. article. Derivative works (1) do not touch the originals by rights, copyright protects: 1) translations and finishing, processed, annotations, reports, summaries, reviews, musical arrangements;
2) work items, such as encyclopedias, anthologies and Atlanta., as well as databases and other complex works that the selection of materials and layout is creativity.
(2) copyright protected derivative works, whether or not the works on which derivative works based or included therein are protected by copyright.
6. article. Works that are not protected by copyright under this Act are not protected: j) legislative and administrative documents and judicial decisions (laws, court judgments, decisions and other official documents), as well as the text oficiālietulkojum;
2) State approved, as well as internationally recognized official symbols and signs (flags, coat-of-arms, decorations, monetary signs, etc.), the use of which is determined by the individual acts;
3) simple information in the press, radio or television broadcasts or other information products for daily news and various facts and events;
4) programming languages, algorithms and programs not related to algorithms used in computer programs.
Chapter three article 7 by the copyright holder. The copyright owner (1) Of the copyright owner may be: 1) the author of the work;
2) author's heirs;
3) other copyright successors.
(2) the Work of the authors, their heirs and other successors of copyright rights provided for in this chapter to work directly with implementing the mediator and representatives, including the right of collecting societies (article 50 of this law).
8. article. Presumption of copyright (1) in the absence of evidence to the contrary, the person whose name or generally recognised pseudonym or signature is normally specified to the repeating work or on the job when it is released, considered the author of the work.
(2) if the work put into the open without reference to the author of the first part of this article shows the way, the editor of the work, if he is listed, but in other cases, the Publisher or the author of the authorised person acting in the name and on behalf of the author. This applies as long as the author does not work will reveal your personality and does not log your authorship to work.
9. article. Co-written (1) if the work has two or more authors and each author's individual contribution to the work of creation is not norobežojam as an independent work, copyright in the work belongs to all the co-authors jointly.
(2) if the individual contribution of each author is an independent work, the copyright to each author's individual contribution as an independent work have each author.
(3) protection against copyright infringement can realize any co-author, independently of the other co-authors.
(4) If one of the authors refuses to complete or from his independent reason unable to complete your part of the Visual Arts or audiovisual work creation process, he may not prevent the use of their work in the Visual Arts or audiovisual work completion. This author has the right to this part, the right to receive remuneration for it.
10. article. Inventory and other composite work compiled Copyright (1) if the contract between the item and the citasalikt working compilers and individual authors are not otherwise provided, the compilers that creative work is material selection and layout, is copyright to the stock or other composite work as a whole, provided that each author are respected the rights to his work, which included items or other composite work.
(2) the inventory and other complex works included the work of authors retain the copyright to their work each and it can also be used outside of this item or put in the work.
(3) the Creator of copyright does not constitute a barrier to other people to independently perform the same work, and the selection and arrangement of the materials.
11. article. Copyright in audiovisual works (1) On the authors of the audiovisual work are recognized: 1) Director;
2 the author of the scenario);
3) the audiovisual work specially created a musical work (with text and no text) author;
4) cameraman and Chair;
5) producer.
(2) authors, whose works, which resulted in the creation of new jobs in the process, is an integral part of the audiovisual work shall retain the copyright to their work each and can themselves be used regardless of the audiovisual work, as a whole, if the contract with the producer of the audiovisual work, unless otherwise specified. Such works are used in audiovisual works on the basis of the contract with each author. The authors of the audiovisual work is not entitled to amend, that are used as components of the audiovisual work, without the consent of the authors of this work.
12. article. The copyright to works created in the performance of the tasks of the employer if the author created the work to any natural or legal person (hereinafter employer) in accordance with the contract and this agreement, the first of this work, the personal and property rights of the owner is the author, if the contract provides otherwise, but such work the economic rights under contract may be transferred by the employer to the extent they need to create jobs.
In the FOURTH chapter the author's Rights article 13. The author's personal and property rights (1) independently of the author of the work from his property rights, even if he is not the owner of these rights is inalienable rights: 1) to the authorship of the author to be acknowledged;
2) to job notification and publication — to decide whether and when the work will be notified or published;
3) to work for withdrawal of — require the suspension of the use of the work, the stop loss rezultātāraduš to user pursuant to this law, the second paragraph of article 36 of the civil code and art. 1589;
4 the name, request) to a copyright on this work and requested that his name, subject to the practical considerations are duly specified in each copy, and any of his work-related public event; request that his name should be indicated on the copies and in any associated with his work in public, or require the use of a pseudonym or anonymity;
5) to work — to use the immunity rights to authorize or prohibit the making some amendments and additions to the work, its title;
6) to retaliate (also on the termination of the contract without damages) for any of their work, or misrepresentation or distortion to transform, as well as the work of the author's right infringement that may be detrimental to the author's honor or reputation.
(2) one of the first part of this article is that the author's right to life cannot go to someone else.
14. article. The author's economic rights shall (1) except as provided in this law, the author of the work has the exclusive right to exploit his work in any form, as well as receive remuneration for permission to use the work and on the use of the work.
(2) an exclusive right to the use of the importance of the work the author's right to exercise the same or allow someone else to put the following in relation to their work: 1) reproduce a work;
2) to rent or lend the public audiovisual works, phonograms, computer programs, databases or graphic forms a musical work or a copy of the original, regardless of who owns the ownership of the original or a copy of the work;
3) import copies of the work, even if imported copies are made with the permission of the copyright owner;
4) put the original of a work or a copy thereof to the public view with movies, television, computer programs or other means and devices — with or without the right further right to use the original work or copies thereof;
5) work publicly run;
6) cognitive, transmitting it to the air, and/or further to broadcast over the air;
7) reported work by wire or other similar means;
8) to translate the work;
9) work to transform, aranžē or otherwise recycled.
(3) the royalty calculation the size and procedures determined by contract.
15. article. Copyright transfer (1) the copyright, except the right to authorship, the right to the name of the author and the right to work, go to the heritage.
(2) the author's heirs over the right to announce a job, use the job and receive remuneration for permission to use the work and on the use of the work. The author's heirs have the right to protect the author's moral rights.
(3) to other author's successors, including legal persons, can move only in article 14, second and third part rights.

(4) copyright is not related to the ownership of the physical object in which the work is expressed. The copyright to the work, expressed in a physical object, different from this object's tenure. In a physical object with a copy of the first fiksācijasdarb tenure transition in itself does not cause the copyright of this work transition. However, if the copyright component is any exclusive rights to the transition itself does not create the physical object of the transfer of ownership.
16. article. The relationship between copyright and property rights of fine art work (1) the author retains the copyright to fine art work, sketches, cast the composition, working models and photographic work, which passed to another person's property. Fine art work and ownership or compensate for the offset from the author to another person means the first sale of this work. Fine art work to the public in the event of resale (auction, with fine art work galleries, art studios, shops and the like) the author shall have the right to receive five percent of the resale price. The specified rights an integral and move only the author's heirs in accordance with the law.
(2) to collect, distribute, and to pay the sums due to the author in accordance with the first subparagraph, the law can empower collecting societies (article 50 of this law).
(3) If there is no contract that gives the owner of the work, all right, the author is entitled to demand that the owner of the work makes it possible to implement the right to reproduce his work, the owner can not be obliged to work the author to deliver or to deliver it to the propagation location.
The fifth chapter the author's property rights in article 17. The reproduction of a work for personal use (1) without the author's consent and without payment of royalties to a strange announced or released the rendering work for personal use are permitted in accordance with article 27 of this law, as well as the second paragraph of this article, the requirements provided that such reproduction does not cause a loss of the normal exploitation of the work and do not unreasonably prejudice the legitimate interests of the author.
(2) a published book public lending is allowed without the author's or any other copyright owner's permission.
(3) the first paragraph shall not apply to: 1) architectural rendering, cranes work or similar structures;
2) lists the circulation of works of art;
3) database or a substantial part of rendering;
4) computer program reproduction, except as specified in article 25 of this law.
(3) the first part of this article is not applicable to legal persons.
18. article. The use of the work, for information purposes, without the author's consent and without payment of royalties, the mandatory indication of the work used in the author's name and the source of the loan, subject to this Act, the provisions of article 14 and that the work does not cause a loss of the normal exploitation of the work and do not unreasonably prejudice the legitimate interests of the author, authorized: 1) repeat the notified or published work placed in the form of citations, including newspaper and magazine articles in press review, scientific , polemisko, exploratory, critical and informational purposes to the extent determined by the citation target;
2) repeat in newspapers, broadcast over the air or by wire articles published in newspapers or magazines on current economic, political, social and religious issues or analogous nature works to broadcast over the air or by wire, where the right to repeat, the broadcasting and communication to the author by wire is not specifically prohibited;
3) repeated in newspapers, broadcast over the air or by wire publicly say political speech, calls, messages, and other similar work to the extent that the objectives of the information justifies the author retaining rights to the following work item publishing;
4) announce or repeat current developments with photographic means, to broadcast over the air or by wire jobs that become visible or audible unfolding events, to the extent that justifies the information.
19. article. The use of a work for educational purposes (1) provided that the job losses will not repeat work for normal use and do not unreasonably prejudice the legitimate interests of the author, is allowed without the author's or copyright holder: 1) placed on the notified or published works or their fragments use expense, illustrating radio and television broadcasts, audiovisual works training purposes to the extent that justifies a specific objective;
2) reprographic imaging unit to reproduce the training process to direct a non-profit educational institutions target their activities according to the extent publications or other forms of work or work pieces with or without illustrations, that reproduction is a stand-alone instrument, which is repeated in separate and unrelated cases, and that there is no collective license permitting such reproduction.
(2) any copy made under the first paragraph of this article, you must specify the original work and its author as much as practicable.
(3) the disclosure is allowed, not profiting, repeat the terrain in punktrakst or other techniques for the blind. The exception is working, specially created for review under the following techniques.
20. article. The work of the libraries and archives of the reproduction provided that repetition will not damage the normal exploitation of the work and do not unreasonably prejudice the legitimate interests of the author in any library or archive whose purpose is not direct or indirect financial gain, is allowed without the author's or copyright holder's power to make one copy of the work with the help of reprografisk reproduction, if: 1) reproduced work is the publication of īsform, another job or a used piece of work, with or without illustrations, and if the purpose is to satisfy the requirements of natural persons provided that the copy will be used solely for teaching learning or research purpose and reproduction is a stand-alone instrument, which is repeated in separate and unrelated occasions;
2) such copies is done with a view to protecting particularly valuable work or to replace copies of such work with another copy when it lost, damaged or has become unusable, or replace the other library or archive copy for the permanent collection, which is lost, corrupted or become unusable, and it is not possible to acquire such a copy in another acceptable manner and reproduction is a stand-alone instrument, which is repeated in separate and mutually unrelated cases.
21. article. Free repeat litigation purposes without the author's permission and without payment of royalties allowed work to replicate the objectives of the proceedings to the extent that justifies this goal.
22. article. Public places permanently existing free use of a work without the author's consent and without payment of royalties allowed in public places permanently existing architectural works, photographic works, fine art and design work, as well as works of applied arts again, to broadcast over the air or by wire, except when the representation is the parent object for further work for repeat, to broadcasting or by wire or by working for the use of the image for commercial purposes.
23. article. Work free use in public performance without the author's consent and without payment of royalties allowed publicly perform published musical work: 1) official and religious ceremonies to the extent corresponding to the nature of this ceremony;
2) training institutions training process, participating faculty and students, if the audience is just the teachers and students, as well as persons who are directly associated with the school (parents, guardians, coaching).
24. article. Free entry to the on-air broadcast organization of ephemeral (1) ether broadcasting organization may, without the author's permission and without payment of additional royalties to make it work on temporary tracks of this organization the right to broadcast over the air, provided that such records over the air broadcasting organisation by means of its own facilities and for its own broadcasts.
(2) it is the responsibility of the organization within six months after the record has been manufactured to destroy it, if longer storage time has not been agreed with the author of the work recorded. The following may, however, maintain the official archives without an agreement with the author of the work, based on its particular documentary or cultural meaning.
25. article. Free computer program repeat and adaptation (1) a Person who is legally entitled to a computer program may, without the author's permission and without payment of additional royalties to produce or allow such software programs to make a copy or adaptation, provided that such copy or adaptation: 1) requires the use of a computer connected to the same computer and it will be used only for those purposes for which the computer program has been obtained;
2) only for archive purposes legitimately owned copies of computer programs, where the replacement of lawfully owned copy of the computer program is lost, damaged or otherwise become unusable.
(2) a copy or adaptation of a computer program, referred to in the first subparagraph, to be destroyed, when legal rights to this software.
26. article. Free resale of work

Without the author's permission and without payment of additional royalties allowed to resell or otherwise transfer ownership of a copy of the work if this copy of ownership has taken place the first sale or transfer in any other way, except this law article 16 laid down in the first subparagraph.
27. article. The use of a work without the author's permission, paying out royalties (1) without the author's permission, but paying fair royalties, natural persons are allowed to repeat of audiovisual works and Phonograms for personal use only (also for use for scientific and research purposes).
(2) fair royalties for the repetition that is specified in the first subparagraph, the cost, the manufacturer or such equipment used for repetition (tape recorders, video recorders, etc.) and the physical media (sound and/or videos and cassettes, laser discs, CDs, URu.tml.) the importers.
(3) fair royalties, its charging and the arrangements for paying down the Government's tariff Commission was created, which includes a Government or its designated authorities appointed State representative (head of the Commission) and the ratio of 2:1: 1 are included in the author, producer and consumer organizations or their authorized representatives. This organization is determined by the Government.
(4) the Commission shall have the right to obtain complete information from customs and statistical organizations, as with the enterprise register of the Republic of Latvia about this referred to in the second subparagraph of article production manufacturers or importers.
(5) referred to in the third subparagraph the royalties are accrued for in the accounts of the Government and split between the performer and the producer of the notified bodies, considering that each work is the use of reproduction for personal use.
(6) The reproduction of a royalty is charged, if the physical media buy for personal use by natural or legal persons, which materialise in the medium used to provide visual and hearing disabilities. List of persons referred to approve the Government.
(7) a fair royalty shall be paid where the second part of the said equipment and materialise media export or use professional activities (professional equipment and the physical media or tape recorder and cassettes used tape recorder).
Chapter 6 of the copyright term in article 28. General provisions (1) copyright is in force throughout the life of the author and 50 years after the author's death, except as specified in this law, in article 29 and 30.
(2) the author's personal rights are inheritable.
(3) the author shall be entitled in the same order in which the estate is appointed, the person he ask his protection after their death. This person shall exercise his powers until the end of his life. In the absence of such instructions, copyright after the death of the author realizes his heir. If there are no heirs or their copyright protection ended, by the official organisations.
29. article. The copyright to the work, which announced after the death of the author the copyright to the work, which announced after the author's death, 50 years from the date of notification.
30. article. Copyright term for certain types of work (1) the copyright in the audiovisual work is valid for 50 years from the date of notification, or 50 years after its creation, if it had not been notified.
(2) the copyright in the work, which notified anonymously or under the pseudonym, the 50 years from the date of notification. If during that time, anonymously or under the pseudonym missed work will reveal his personality or his personality does not cause doubts, this law will be applied to article 28, first paragraph.
(3) the copyright in the work created by the co-author, is in force throughout the life of the author and 50 years after the last, the other co-author of survivor, the author's death.
(4) the authors whose works were banned or their use was limited from June 1940 to May 1990, from the copyright atskaitaaizliegum the limitation period or limit. The fact of prohibition or restriction, the Court found.
31. article. Calculation of the term of copyright in a skewed the copyright term provided for in section begins from the moment of occurrence of the law (legal fact) and ends on 31 December of the year in which the termination of this law, 28, 29 and 30. the time limits referred to in article.
32. article. The works on which the copyright term expired (1) jobs that the copyright term expired, you can free to use by any party, but subject to the right to authorship, the right to a name and the right to the inviolability of the work in accordance with this law, the provisions of article 13.
(2) royalties for the use of such work is not paid.
Chapter 7 use of WORK article 33. The right to periodic and other expenses (1) the legal person, who places up encyclopedias, encyclopedic dictionaries, Atlas, scientific work on recurring items, newspapers, magazines, and other recurring expenses are eligible for periodic or other expenses in General, in the case of contracts with authors who have made a creative contribution to the creation of such expenditure is not otherwise specified.
(2) authors, whose works included the following editions retain the copyright to their work each and can use it regardless of the Edition as a whole.
(3) except in this law, the first paragraph of article 36 of the rules, the legal rights of persons obtained in accordance with the first paragraph of this article, shall expire 25 years after this publication or creation if they have not been published.
34. article. License to use the work (1) If the licence is not otherwise specified, the license does not grant the right to work. May be simple licenses, and license exception.
(2) basic license entitles the licensee (the user) to perform the actions allowed simultaneously with the author or other persons who have received the license.
(3) a derogation licence allowed to perform only those activities of the beneficiary (beneficiaries), and is valid only if it put in writing and signed by both parties.
35. article. Author agreement (1) the author's contract under the Civil Code of the Republic of Latvia the regulation requirements of certain uses of the work (that is, the specific rights which are transferred under this Agreement), the terms of use, the size of the reward (or remuneration arrangements) for each type of use, the cost of reimbursement procedures and deadlines. Disputes on these matters in court.
(2) If the author's contract does not specify the amount of remuneration, it shall be determined by the Court at its discretion.
(3) the author's contract may provide for the grant of a license for use of the work in one or more of the ways specified in the contract, together with the right to transfer the licence in whole or in part to third parties (sublicenc). If the instructions in the contract, the license is limited to those deriving from the Treaty and is necessary to achieve the objective of the Treaty.
(4) the following contracts concluded in writing: 1) exclusive license agreement;
2) a publishing contract;
3) agreements with copyright collective management organizations;
4) contract with the artist about the creation of the audiovisual work;
5) other contracts agreed between the parties.
36. article. The author of the term of the contract (1) the time for which the licence is issued is determined by agreement between the parties.
(2) If the assigned license agreement is not limited in time, by the agreement may terminate at any time, notify the other in writing. half six months before the termination of the contract.
(3) the author's contract is not allowed iekļautnoteikum on the author's abandonment of the second part of this article the rights.
37. article. The area, which is in effect a license issued by the author, the contract (1) the author's contract must indicate the area in which the license is issued.
(2) if the contract does not specify the area in which the license granted under this agreement, it refers to the country where the contract concerned.
38. article. The author's contract for work ordered (1) If the author's contract concluded in order to work, the author must perform his work ordered in accordance with the provisions of the Treaty and refer it to the Subscriber for use within the time limit laid down in the Treaty and in the order listed.
(2) it is the responsibility of the author personally ordered him to execute the work. Co-author of the invite and co-written the composition change may be only with the written consent of the Subscriber, making amendments to the agreement. If the author does not comply with the obligation to perform the work personally, this customer is the basis for terminating the agreement.
The second section of article 39 RELATED RIGHTS. The owners of related rights (1) in This section the rights owners are performers, producers of Phonograms and broadcasts of broadcasting organizations, as well as the organization that broadcasts by wire, or their successors and assigns.
(2) producers of Phonograms and broadcasts of broadcasting organizations, as well as the organization that broadcasts by wire, exercise their rights under law, which contract with the artist and author assigned to the phonogram or broadcast or transmitted by wire fixed work. Permission received from the Director on staging the show, does not replace the permission must be received from the other artists participating in staging, and the author of the work.
(3) the performer shall exercise the rights under this section, subject to the rights of the author of the work.

(4) in this section, the affirmation of rights is not required to comply with any formalities. Phonogram producers and performers of national sign shall be used, which consists of the letter «P» circle and the year of the premiere of a phonogram. This mark must be reproduced on all copies of a phonogram or their packaging in such a way that clearly indicates the protection.
(5) performers, phonogram producers and other holders of related rights provided for in this section shall exercise their rights directly or with an authorized person and property rights collective management organizations.
40. article. The rights of performers (1) the performer in respect of their performances or productions in works of art (also implemented with mixed technique) has the following exclusive rights: 1) ask your name recognition;
2) require a performance or staging of protection against tampering of any kind or any other action that could harm the honour and reputation of the performer;
3) authorise or prohibit broadcasting, broadcasting or communication of the work by wire or by other means, except where the performance or staging before broadcast, broadcast over the air or by wire or otherwise legally fixed;
4) authorize or prohibit the fixation of performances or fixed before production;
5) allow or deny your performance or fixation of repeat productions when: — a first fixation made without the permission of the performer;
-fixation is repeated for purposes other than those for which the performers gave their authorization;
— repeat is performed for purposes other than those for which the fixation was made in accordance with this law, the provisions of article 45;
6) authorize or prohibit the fixation of the performance or production, broadcasting or by wire, except when the first fixation was made for non-commercial purposes;
7) authorize or prohibit the rental or lease commercial purposes published phonogram performances or productions. This right, conclude a contract for the performance or fixation, the production goes to the producer of a phonogram, but the performer retains his right to remuneration for such rental of copies of their phonograms, and or renting.
(2) the specified charges, split and cost is carried out in accordance with article 43 of this law the second part.
(3) For the performance of assigned atļaujuizmant or staging and use specified in the first paragraph of this article, 3., 4., 5., 6., 7., executive pay.
(4) the Remuneration provided for in the first paragraph of this article 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7, must be paid to the artist or his authorized person on contract basis.
41. article. The performer's contract relating to artist contract is in effect to an author's contract applied this law, article 35 and the second paragraph of article 36 of the fourth part. 
42. article. The contract with the artist about the creation of the audiovisual work (1) the conclusion of the contract between the performer and the producer of the audiovisual work audiovisual work creation States that the artist puts the right to the fixation of the repetition and communication, General knowledge, in accordance with article 40 of this law, the first subparagraph of paragraph 3 and 4. The use of such audiovisual work rights restrict the rights conferred by the bailiff and, where the contract provides otherwise, do not include the right to use separately the sound and images fixed in the audiovisual work.
(2) the Treaty on audiovisual works must be made for the creation of artist remuneration for each use of such work.
43. article. The rights of producers of Phonograms (1) producers of phonograms in respect of their phonograms, except the published phonograms, have the exclusive right to authorize or prohibit the phonogram and their direct or indirect copy redial, distribution, transmission, broadcasting or by wire, as well as receive consideration for the license to use, copy of a phonogram and the use of it. The right to the distribution includes the right to a copy of the phonogram and their lease, rent and imports.
(2) in addition to the first part of this article, the right producers of phonograms shall have the right to: 1) authorize or prohibit lawfully made copies of Phonograms and their imports;
2) authorize or prohibit the distribution of copies of the phonogram, or the manufacture of which no licence has been issued for imports.
(3) for phonogram producers continue to use exclusive rights to Phonograms and copies of his lease and rent regardless of the phonogram, the owner of copy rights.
(4) charges, cost cutting and a copy of the phonogram and their lease and rent out performers and phonogram producers authorised economic rights collecting societies (article 51 of this law). The amount of remuneration that is paid by the user pursuant to this article shall be distributed between the phonogram producer and the performer in equal shares, if the contract between them is not otherwise specified.
44. article. Remuneration of a phonogram published for commercial purposes, use of (1) If a phonogram published for commercial purposes, or copies of such phonograms, again are used in broadcasting, to broadcasting or by wire, the user is obliged to pay equitable remuneration to the performers and phonogram producers.
(2) the first subparagraph of article 5a of the specified size is determined by a special agreement between the performer, the phonogram producer or the authorized property rights collective management organisations and phonogram and a copy of these users or associations of users (associations). This document should provide rewards for each copy of the phonogram and its manner of use, collection and distribution of remuneration.
45. article. Ether broadcast rights organisation (1) ether broadcasting organizations in respect of its broadcasts have the following exclusive rights: 1) authorize or prohibit the retransmission or transmission by wire;
2) authorize or prohibit the fixation;
3) authorize or prohibit the fixation of their broadcasts, if the recurrence: a) fixation made without the permission of such organisations;
(b) repetition is performed in the other), rather than those which the fixation is made according to this law, the provisions of article 47;
4) allow or deny certificate of radio and television broadcasts, if they take place on the entrance fee to the sites that are available for a wide range of people.
(2) For permission to use and how to use them in the first part of this article, in the cases listed in the on-air broadcast organizations to receive the reward.
46. article. Over the wire streaming rights organization (1) Organization, which broadcasts by wire, in respect of its broadcasts are the following: 1) the exclusive rights to authorize or prohibit the retransmission over the air, or transmission by wire;
2) authorize or prohibit the fixation;
3) authorize or prohibit the fixation of their broadcasts, if the recurrence: a) fixation made without the permission of such organisations;
(b) repetition is performed in the other), rather than those which the fixation is made according to this law, the provisions of article 47;
4) authorize or prohibit announce radio or television broadcasts, if they take place on the entrance fee to the sites that are available for a wide range of people.
(2) For permission to use broadcasts and on their use in the first part of this article, in the cases specified in the organizations, which broadcasts by wire, is to receive the reward.
47. article. Of performers, producers of phonograms, broadcasting organizations and broadcasts by wire streaming rights organization (1) performers, phonogram producers, broadcasting organizations and broadcasts by wire streaming organizations consent and without compensation costs allowable to use performances, productions, broadcasts over the air or by wire and the fixation of the phonogram, as well as repeat: 1) for personal purposes;
2] small fragment into current affairs concern;
3 training and scientific research) purposes;
4) small fragment use extracts provided that such citation is information. If the on-air broadcast organizations and organizations that use the transmission sends out a copy of a phonogram published for commercial purposes, any use to broadcasting or by wire may, subject to this Act, the provisions of article 44;
5) for other purposes specified in this law, the first section of the fifth chapter of the scientific, literary, musical and artistic works the rights.
(2) this law, 40, 43, 45 and the provisions of article 46 do not apply in respect of the authorization of the performers, producers of phonograms, broadcasting organisations or programmes by wire raidošaj organizations to make ephemeral performances, productions or broadcasts and make such a fixation or phonogram repeat published for commercial purposes, if ephemeral fixations or broadcasts shall repeat the same organization by its own means and for its own broadcasts , subject to the following provisions: 1) broadcast organization must receive prior authorization to broadcast over the air or by wire's own staging, performance or programmes for which in accordance with the provisions of this paragraph shall be made for the use of the temporary fixation or fixation repetition;

2) such fixation must be destroyed in time, a scientific, literary, musical and artistic works temporary entry for use by broadcasting organizations, in accordance with this law, the provisions of article 24, other than the one that you can save a copy of the official archives, based on its particular documentary and cultural meaning.
(3) the restrictions provided for in this article shall be applied in such a way that they do not cause damage to normal, performances, phonograms, broadcasts and productions for the use of their fixation, as well as those included in the scientific, literary, musical and artistic works and not of performers, producers of phonograms, broadcasting organizations and the work of the legitimate interests of the author.
48. article. Term of related rights (1) the rights provided for in this section for artists, Bacon 50 years after the first performance or staging. The rights of performers provided for in article 40 of the law as the first subparagraph of paragraph 1 and 2, is valid without a time limit.
(2) the rights provided for in this section in relation to the producers of phonograms, 50 years after the date of notification of the phonogram.
(3) the rights provided for in this section for the on-air broadcasting organizations, 50 years after the Organization of the notification of the relevant broadcast over the air.
(4) the rights provided for in this section for organisations which broadcasts by wire, is valid for 50 years by such organizations in the notification of the relevant broadcast by wire.
(5) the preceding paragraphs of this article, the law provided for the period starts from the moment of occurrence of the law (legal fact) and ends on 31 December of the year in which the termination of the time limits referred to in this article.
49. article. (1) the frame of related rights the rights of performers under this title are recognised, if: 1) the bailiff is a citizen of the Republic of Latvia;
2) performance, staging happened in the territory of the Republic of Latvia;
3) performance, staging, fixed in phonograms protected in accordance with the second paragraph of this article;
4) performance, staging, not fixed in phonograms, on-air broadcast or included in a broadcast by wire, which are protected in accordance with the third paragraph of this article.
(2) the rights of Phonogram Producers under this title are recognised, if: 1) the phonogram producer is a national of the Republic of Latvia;
2) sound the first fixation occurred on the territory of the Republic of Latvia;
3) Phonograms first published happened in the territory of the Republic of Latvia.
(3) the broadcasting organization and broadcasts by wire transmitting organization entitled under this section are recognized if the on-air broadcast organizations or by wire, the organizations official streaming location is in the territory of the Republic of Latvia.
(4) the rights provided for in this section are recognised foreign natural or legal persons who have committed the first performances, productions, broadcasts a sound fixation, by wire or over the air outside the territory of the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Latvia in accordance with international agreements.
The third section of the collective management of rights in article 50. General provisions (1) the author of the Republic of Latvia, performers, phonogram producers and other holders of rights related to the protection of the rights of property, if the specified privilege can not provide individual or such protection is limited by the law, collective management organizations. The following organizations of the Republic of Latvia established authors, performers, phonogram producers and other related rights owners, and they operate within the mandate received from the authors and owners of related rights.
51. article. Property rights collective management organization (1) in accordance with this law the right of collective management organizations is not considered to be a monopoly and are not subject to the limits defined by the antimonopoly legislation.
(2) the power to the collective management of rights in the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Latvia is obtained from the authors, performers and other owners of rights related to the written agreement (contract) basis.
(3) foreign authors and holders of related rights in the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Latvia the right to collective management organizations in accordance with foreign authors or owners of related rights or their authorised representative of the organisation.
(4) in its activities the owners of copyright and related rights the right to collecting societies representing the owner of the rights and legitimate interests in all matters relating to this type of activity.
(5) a license (permission) that organizations assign users of copyright and related rights is comprehensive, that is, all the work authorization, execution, iestudēšan, the use of a phonogram, broadcasting or by wire. Issuing a license, the organization representing all owners of copyright and related rights, which affected the interests of such licences. All possible owners of copyright and related rights in rem claims against users resulting from the use of comprehensive licences or associated with it, you need to adjust the organizations that such licences issued.
(6) the Organization has the right to reserve their bank accounts are not required and will not see the amount of consideration levied from users, and after three years from the date on which the amount paid on account of the Organization, to include its current amount to be paid or used for purposes other than copyright and related rights represented the interests of the owner.
52. article. Property rights collecting societies of the right function of collective management organisations must fulfil the following functions: 1) agree with users on remuneration and other provisions to issue the licence;
2) to issue licences for the users rights, which deal with the management of such organisations;
3) agree with users of fair remuneration in cases where the remuneration collected shall take such organizations (article 16 of this law the second part, article 27, article 28, of the third part of the second paragraph of article 43);
4) licences for reimbursement and/or equitable charges;
5) must be carried out in accordance with paragraph 4 of this article, the rules of remuneration collected and/or equitable remuneration Division and cost the owners of copyright and related rights;
6) take other action in accordance with the owners of copyright and related rights.
53. article. Property rights collecting societies obligation (1) Property rights collecting societies operate in the copyright and related rights in the interest of the holders, authorised to represent them. These organisations must fulfil the following obligations: 1) paying out compensation to the owners of copyright and related rights, to give them an overview of the use of the work, performance, etc.;
2 the amount of the remuneration collected) after the second daļānoteikt of the deductions made must be divided between the following organizations represented the owners of copyright and related rights in proportion to their use of the works, performances, etc. and regularly paid the amount specified.
(2) it is prohibited to use for other purposes in accordance with article 52 of this law the provisions of paragraph 4 of the collected remuneration. From its cover is allowed only in the actual expenses associated with its collection, and payment of the Division; from the collected remuneration amounts may deduct also funds special funds caused by these organisations to represent owners of copyright and related rights and their interests.
(3) the owners of copyright and related rights who have not mandated the Organization to collect the article 51 of this law in the fifth part of the reward, is entitled to claim for the cost of the Organization of the remuneration due to them in accordance with the distribution of the remuneration, as well as turning off their works, performances, etc. of the licenses that are issued by this organisation users.
The Fourth Section Of The INFRINGEMENT Of Copyright And Related Rights. The authors, performers, phonogram producers, broadcasting organizations and BROADCASTS by wire streaming ORGANIZATION protection article 54. Infringement of copyright and related rights. Embodying infringing copies of the work, phonogram (1) physical or juridiskāperson, which does not comply with the requirements of this law on copyright and related rights owner or exclusive rights, also imported in the Republic of Latvia (except for imports for personal purposes) and copies of the phonogram made without permission of the owners of the rights concerned, are copyright and/or related rights violators.
(2) the work embodying infringing copies are copies of a phonogram and the manufacture or distribution which leads to copyright and related rights infringement or.
(3) copies embodying infringing under this Act is also protected in the territory of the Republic of Latvia to the work and copies of phonograms imported from countries in which these works and phonograms are not protected or where the term of protection expires.
55. article. The author of performers, producers of phonograms, broadcasting organizations and broadcasts by wire streaming body protection (1) the author, performer, phonogram producer, on-air broadcasts, streaming in over the wire and other owners of copyright and related rights is entitled to demand from the infringer:

1) of national recognition;
2) to the right of the former State of antitrust and discontinuation of activities or unlawful infringement actions threatening disruption;
3) damages, including profits gained;
4) instead of compensation, but compensation at the discretion of the Court;
5) civil law of the Republic of Latvia or other regulatory measures provided for your protection.
(2) in order to protect its rights, copyright and related rights owners can apply to the procedure laid down in the legislation, the Court, in economic court or arbitration.
(3) the Court may decide that the work or phonogram embodying infringing copies confiscated or destroyed, but the materials and equipment used in their review, at the request of the plaintiff, be they concerned damages or transferable for use for charitable purposes, or the value specified in the budget of the Republic of Latvia.
(4) if the violation of a right that is protected under this law, the provisions of the third section, the requirement for the protection of the violated rights of the owners of copyright and related rights in the name of the road in the authorized rights collective societies.
56. article. Work and copies of the phonogram for unlawful seizure and copies of the phonogram, the phonogram producers authors and rights, made, distributed, reproduced, sold, imported or otherwise used or intended for use, you can seize.
57. article. Liability for infringement of copyright and related rights, depending on the copyright and/or nature of the infringement of related rights and the consequences of the offender is known to the civil, administrative or criminal liability according to the current legislation of the Republic of Latvia.
The fifth SECTION of the international treaties, article 58. If the international agreement concluded by the Republic of Latvia, the provisions that differ from the provisions of this law, applicable international treaty provisions.
The Republic of Latvia Supreme Council Chairman a. GORBUNOV of the Republic of Latvia Supreme Council Secretary i. DAUDIŠ 1993 in Riga on May 11.