Retrospective entitlement to exploitation rights of joint owners in cinematographic works unconstitutional
Mehmet Nafi Artemel · Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice · 2012
While the notion of authorship of cinematographic works has undergone changes since 1995 through subsequent amendments to the Law on Intellectual and Artistic Works of 1951, the retrospective implementation of an amendment in 2001 for the benefit of dialogue writers and animators has been ruled unconstitutional on the grounds that it prejudiced the vested rights of ownership of those joint authors as determined by a previous amendment to the law in 1995.