COPYRIGHT AND RELATED RIGHTS ACT* - Uaipit.com

(3) If appropriate collecting societies are not formed within one year after the enactment of
this Act, the Office may issue a temporary permission to a legal person that does not meet the
conditions set forth in Article 149 of this Act, to administer collectively certain rights. Such
authorization shall specify the time limit and conditions for such temporary administration of
rights.
(4) The rights which pursuant to this Act can be administered only collectively, may be
administered individually as long as the Office has not granted a permission for their collective
administration or until a respective authors' collective agreement has not been entered into.
Article 190
Provisions of this Act shall not apply to contracts entered into, or acts of exploitation done
before the date on which this Act becomes effective, unless otherwise provided by this Act.
Article 191
Provisions of this Act concerning computer programs and databases shall apply to computer
programs and databases created before the date on which this Act becomes effective, unless
such application shall be prejudicial to contracts entered into or rights vested to that date.
Article 192
With respect to contracts for the use of works and subject matter of related rights that shall be
in force on the date on which this Act becomes effective, the provisions of this Act concerning
public communication by satellite shall begin to apply from January 1, 2000, provided such
contract shall be in force at that time.
Article 193
(1) This Act applies to all works and performances of performers that were enjoying protection
according to the Copyright Act (Official Gazette of the SFRY, No.19/1978, 24/1986, 21/1990),
at the time of its enactment.
(2) This Act applies to phonograms of producers of phonograms, with respect to which the
term of 20 years has not yet elapsed from the time of their first fixation to the enactment of
this Act.
(3) This Act applies to videograms, broadcasts and publishers' editions, as subjects matters of
related rights, which were first fixed, broadcast or lawfully published after its enactment.
(4) This Act applies to databases as subject matter of related rights, the making of which was
completed after 1 January 1983.