In Romania, the law for copyrights and related rights is Law 8/1996. Most of the times, though, intellectual works are not exploited directly by their author or authors, as the latter lack the experience and the commercial resources required in view of capitalizing upon the entire potential of such works. In order to regulate this state of affairs, the legislator gave the holder of copyright or neighboring rights the opportunity to assign such rights to third parties. We must emphasize the fact that by obtaining of control over the material support of a work (a book, for example) does not confer its buyer the right to use the respective work as well (for example by leasing or distribution of copies thereof).
