Section 14
Section 14
(1)
Copyright in a literary, dramatic, musical or artistic work will expire at the end of the period of fifty years from the end of the year in which the author dies, subject to the following provisions of this section.
(2)
If the work is of unknown authorship, copyright will expire at the end of the period of fifty years from the date on which the work was either made, first made available to the public or first published, whichever date is the latest, provided that where the author’s identity is revealed or is no longer in doubt before the expiration of that period, the provisions of subsection (1) shall apply.
For this purpose, making available to the public includes –
(a)
in the case of a literary, dramatic or musical work –
(i)
performance in public; or
(ii)
being broadcast or included in a cable programme service;
(b)
in the case of an artistic work –
(i)
exhibition in public;
(ii)
a film including the work being shown in public; or
(iii)
being included in a broadcast or cable programme service, but in determining generally for the purpose of this subsection whether a work has been made available to the public no account shall be taken of any unauthorised act.
(3)
If the work is computer-generated, subsections (1) and (2) do not apply and copyright will expire at the end of the period of fifty years from the end of the year in which it was made.
Incorporating amendments until S 92/2013
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(4)
In relation to a work of joint authorship –
(a)
the reference in subsection (1) to the death of the author shall be construed –
(i)
if the identity of all the authors is known, as a reference to the death of the last of them to die; and
(ii)
if the identity of one or more of the authors is known and the identity of one or more others is not known, as a reference to the death of the last of the authors whose identity is known; and
(b)
the reference in subsection (2) to the identity of the author becoming known shall be construed as a reference to the identity of any of the authors becoming known.
(5)
This section does not apply to Government copyright, Legislative Council copyright and copyright which subsists under section 172.
Duration of copyright in sound recording and films.