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COPYRIGHT ACT 1968 - SECT 213 Ownership of copyright

COPYRIGHT ACT 1968 - SECT 213

Ownership of copyright

  (1)   Subsections   35(4) and (6) do not apply in relation to works made before the commencement of this Act.

  (2)   Subsection   35(5) does not apply in relation to a work that was or is made in pursuance of an agreement made before the commencement of this Act.

  (3)   Where a work is excluded from the application of subsection   35(4), (5) or (6) by reason of either of the last two preceding subsections, subsection   35(2) has effect in relation to the work subject to the succeeding subsections of this section.

  (4)   The operation of any of the next three succeeding subsections in relation to a particular work may be excluded or modified by agreement.

  (5)   Where, in the case of a work being a photograph, portrait or engraving:

  (a)   a person made, for valuable consideration, an agreement with another person for the taking of the photograph, the painting or drawing of the portrait or the making of the engraving by the other person; and

  (b)   the work was made in pursuance of the agreement;

the first - mentioned person is the owner of any copyright subsisting in the work by virtue of Part   III.

  (6)   Where the work was made by the author in pursuance of the terms of his or her employment by another person under a contract of service or apprenticeship, that other person is the owner of any copyright subsisting in the work by virtue of Part   III.

  (7)   Where the work is a literary, dramatic or artistic work that was made by the author in pursuance of the terms of his or her employment by the proprietor of a newspaper, magazine or similar periodical under a contract of service or apprenticeship and was so made for the purpose of publication in a newspaper, magazine or similar periodical, the author is entitled to restrain the publication of the work otherwise than in a newspaper, magazine or similar periodical.

  (8)   In the last three preceding subsections, expressions that are defined by section   204 have the meanings respectively given to those expressions by that section and do not have the meanings, if any, respectively given to those expressions by Part   II.