Baabda
– The Presidential Palace
..... ....Baabda is the symbol of the
independence, autonomy, sovereignty and liberty of the Lebanese nation.
Every Lebanese has a feeling for this place as for his own home, for it
bears so many memories of historical and national import. Of late, the palace
has welcomed His Holiness Pope John Paul II, President Jacques Chirac of
France, many kings and other heads of foreign countries, statesmen and celebrities.
The old seraglio stands close to the new palace erected in the early second
half of the twentieth century, following a style that is modern, practical
and agreeable to behold...... ....
Decree
N. 2385 of 17/1/1924 as amended by law N. 76 of 3/4/1999 ( articles 2, 5, 15,
49 and 85 ) lays down as follows:
The author of a literary or artistic work, by the very fact of authorship, has
absolute right of ownership over the work, without obligation of recourse to
formal procedures . The author will himself enjoy the benefit of exploitation
of his work, and he possesses exclusive rights of publication and of the reproduction
under any form whatsoever. Whether the work in question comes under the public
domain or not those persons will be liable to imprisonment for a period of one
to three years and to fine of between five and fifty million Lebanese pounds,
or to either one of these penalties, who
1-will
have appended or caused to be appended a usurped name on a literary or artistic
work;
2-will have fraudulently imitated the signature or trademark adopted by an author,
with a view to deceiving the buyer;
3-will have counterfeited a literary or artistic work;
4-or will have knowingly sold, received, or put on sale or into circulation
a work which is counterfeit or signed with a forged signature.
The punishment will be increased in the event of repetition.