Dutch Legislation

Chapter 3

in force

The exercise and enforcement of neighbouring rights

Neighbouring Rights Act (Wet op de naburige rechten) · Articles: 23

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The exercise and enforcement of neighbouring rights

13 Article 13

In the event of a joint performance by six or more persons, the rights referred to in Article 2 may be exercised exclusively by a representative…

14 Article 14

If a joint right with respect to the same phonogram, first fixation of a film, or broadcast belongs to two or more producers of phonograms or of…

14a Article 14a

Articles 26a up to and including 26c of the Copyright Act shall apply mutatis mutandis to the right to grant permission for making public by means of…

14b Article 14b

Where a broadcasting organisation transmits the programme-carrying signals directly to the party that provides for the transmission of material…

14c Article 14c repealed
14d Article 14d repealed
15 Article 15

The payment of the equitable remuneration referred to in Article 7 shall be made to a representative legal entity to be designated by Our Minister of…

15a Article 15a

The payment of the remuneration referred to in Articles 2, 6, 7a and 8 shall be made to a legal person designated by Our Minister of Justice and…

15b Article 15b

The amount of the remuneration referred to in Articles 2, paragraph 3, 6, paragraph 3, 7a, paragraph 3, and 8, paragraph 3, shall be determined by a…

15c Article 15c

Disputes relating to the compensation referred to in Articles 2, paragraph 3, 6, paragraph 3, 7a, paragraph 3, and 8, paragraph 3, shall be decided…

15d Article 15d

The person who is obligated to pay the remuneration referred to in Articles 2, paragraph 3, 6, paragraph 3, 7a, paragraph 3, and 8, paragraph 3, is…

15e Article 15e

The court may, upon the claim of the rightholder referred to in Articles 2, 6, 7a, 7b and 8, order intermediaries whose services are used by third…

15f Article 15f

The preliminary relief judge may, upon the claim of the rightholder referred to in Articles 2, 6, 7a, 7b and 8, permit the temporary continuation of…

15g Article 15g

The payment of the remuneration referred to in Article 9b, paragraph 1, shall be made to a legal person to be designated by Our Minister of Justice…

16 Article 16

In appropriate cases, the court may determine the damages as a lump sum.

17 Article 17

The rights referred to in Articles 2, 6, 7a, 7b and 8 confer the authority to claim, as one's property, recordings or reproductions thereof that have…

18 Article 18

The power referred to in Article 17, paragraph 1, cannot be exercised with regard to recordings or reproductions thereof that are in the possession…

18a Article 18a

The court may, upon the claim of the entitled party referred to in Articles 2, 6, 7a, 7b and 8, order that appropriate measures be taken at the…

19 Article 19

Any person who circumvents effective technical measures, and who knows or reasonably ought to know that they are doing so, acts unlawfully.

19a Article 19a

Any person who intentionally and without being entitled to do so removes or alters electronic rights-management information, or who distributes…

19b Article 19b

A provider of an online content-sharing service makes recordings of performances, phonograms, first fixations of films, recordings of broadcasts, or…

19c Article 19c

Article 17d and the first paragraph of Chapter IVa of the Copyright Act (Auteurswet) shall apply mutatis mutandis to a collective management…

20 Article 20

At the request of one or more organizations of professional or business peers that are deemed representative by Our Minister of Justice and Security…