Article 1311: Liability for violation of the exclusive right to an object of related rights

In cases of violation of the exclusive right to an object of related rights, the holder of the exclusive right, together with other applicable means of protection and liability measures established by the compellings, The Code (arts. 1250, 1252 and 1253), in accordance with article 1252.1 of the present Code, is entitled to claim from the offender of his or her choice, in lieu of damages, compensation: (1) in the amount of D One thousand rubles up to 10 million rubles; two times the value of counterfeit copies of a phonogram; and three times the value of the right to use an object of related rights, etc. Equated on the basis of a price which, in comparable circumstances, is usually charged for the lawful use of such an object in the manner used by the offender.