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NO. 22 OF 2021
Copyright in contributions to periodicals made before 1 July 1912 subject to author’s right to publish in separate form
513.—(1) This section applies where—
- (a) an authorial work made before 1 July 1912 consists of an essay, article or item that is part of, and first published in—
- (i) a review, magazine or other periodical; or
- (ii) a similar work; and
- (b) immediately before 10 April 1987, the author of the authorial work was entitled to a right of publishing the authorial work in a separate form by virtue of the note to the First Schedule to the 1911 Act.
(2) Any copyright in the authorial work under this Act is subject to the author’s right mentioned in subsection (1)(b).
Assignments and grants made before 1 July 1912
514.—(1) This section applies where—
- (a) under this Act, copyright subsists in an authorial work made before 1 July 1912; and
- (b) the author of the work had, before 1 July 1912, made an assignment, or a grant, of a kind mentioned in paragraph (a) of the proviso to section 24(1) of the 1911 Act (called in this section the 1911 provision).
(2) If—
- (a) an event occurred, or a notice was given, before 10 April 1987; and
- (b) under the 1911 provision, the event or notice would have—
- (i) affected the ownership of the substituted right in the authorial work; or
