Section 56
Section 56
(1)
This section applies where an artistic work has been exploited, by or with the licence of the copyright owner, by –
(a)
making by an industrial process articles falling to be treated for the purposes of this Part as copies of the work; and
(b)
marketing such articles, in Brunei Darussalam or elsewhere.
(2)
After the end of the period of twenty-five years from the end of the year in which such articles were first marketed, the work may be copied by making articles of any description, or doing anything for the purpose of making articles of any description, and anything may be done in relation to articles so made, without infringing copyright in the work.
(3)
Where only part of an artistic work is exploited as mentioned in subsection (1), subsection (2) applies only in relation to that part.
(4)
The Attorney General may by order make provision –
(a)
as to the circumstances in which an article, or any description of article, is to be regarded for the purpose of this section as made by an industrial process;
(b)
excluding from the operation of this section such articles of a primarily literary or artistic character as he thinks fit.
(5)
In this section –
(a)
references to articles do not include films;
(b)
references to the marketing of an article are to its being sold, let for hire, or offered or exposed for sale or hire.
Things done in reliance on registration of design.