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BRITISH COPYRIGHT MEASURE 545

FIRST SCHEDULE. EXISTING RIGHTS.

EXISTING RIGHT.

SUBSTITUTED RIGHT.

(o) In the case of Works other than Dramatic and Musical Works.

Copyright. \ Copyright as defined by this Act.*

(6) In the case oj Musical and Dramatic Works.

Both copyright and performing

right. Copyright, but not performing

right.

Performing right, but not copy- right.

Copyright as defined by this Act.*

Copyright as defined by this Act, except the sole right to per- form the work or any substan- tial part thereof in public.

The sole right to perform the work in public, but none of the other rights comprised in copy- right as defined by this Act.

For the purposes of this Schedule the following expres- sions, where used in the first column thereof, have the fol- lowing meanings: —

"Copyright," in the case of a work which according to the law in force immediately before the commence- ment of this Act has not been published before that date and statutory copyright wherein depends on publication, includes the right at common law (if any) to restrain publication or other dealing with the work; "Performing right," in the case of a work which has not been performed in public before the commence- ment of this Act, includes the right at common law (if any) to restrain the performance thereof in public.

  • In the case of an essay, article, or portion forming part of and first

published in a review, magazine, or other periodical or work of a like nature, the right shall be subject to any right of publishing the essay, article, or portion in a separate form to which the author is entitled at the commencement of this Act, or would if this Act had not been passed have become entitled under section eighteen of the Copyright Act, 1842.