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- (iii) on or after 10 April 1987 by or under the direction or control of a prescribed international organisation.
(2) This section does not apply to a film if the making of the film was completed before 10 April 1987.
Nature of copyright in films
124. For the purposes of this Act, unless the contrary intention appears, copyright in a film is the exclusive right to do all or any of the following acts:
- (a) to make a copy of the film;
- (b) to cause the visual images of the film to be seen in public;
- (c) to cause any sounds of the film to be heard in public;
- (d) to communicate the film to the public.
Duration of copyright in films
125.—(1) Subject to subsection (2), any copyright in a film expires—
- (a) if the film is first published within 50 years after the end of the year in which the film is made—70 years after the end of the year in which the film is first published;
- (b) if the film is first published more than 50 years after the end of the year in which the film is made, but is made available to the public other than by publication within those 50 years—70 years after the end of the year in which the film is first made available to the public; and
- (c) in any other case—70 years after the end of the year in which the film is made.
(2) If a film is first published on or before 31 December 2022, any copyright in the film expires 70 years after the end of the year in which the film is first published.
