Бразилия

Federal Senate

Sub­Secretariat for Information

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LAW No. 2.415, OF FEBRUARY 9, 1955

Alters the provisions of Decree No. 18.527 of

December 10, 1928, and Decree No. 20.493

of January 24, 1946

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THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC. I hereby make known that the National Congress has decreed and I sanction the following Law:

Article 1

The grant, in the national territory, of a copyright license for the carrying­out of

performances, public performances and telebroadcasts by radio or television, as dealt with in

Articles 42 and 43, §1 of Decree No. 18.527 of December 10, 1928, and 88 of Decree No.

20.493 of January 24, 1946, shall be exclusive to the author himself or the company legally

set up for the defense of copyright, of which the author is a member and which has

registered him in accordance with Article 105, §1 of Decree No. 20.493, of January 24, 1946.

Article 2

Contrary provisions are hereby revoked.

Rio de Janeiro, February 9, 1955; 134th Year of Independence and 67th Year of the Republic.

JOÃO CAFÉ FILHO

Miguel Seabra Fagundes