Provided that, where such recording has an exceptional
documentary character, one copy of it may be preserved in the
official archives, without prejudice to the application of the provisions
of section 9.
Ownership of copyright
11. In determining the person vested with the copyright under this Part, the
following principles shall apply:
(a) if one person was the author of the work, the rights vest in that
person;
(b) if two or more persons were the authors of the work of joint
ownership, the rights vest in them jointly; and
(c) if there is no evidence to the contrary, the author of a work is the
individual whose name is indicated on the work as its author.
Employed authors
12. Subject to any written law relating to contracts of employment and to the
terms of any specific contract of service or for services, when a work is
created by an author:
(a) in the course of his employment for the Government, a body
corporate or another individual; or
(b) under a contract for services with, or as a work commissioned
by, the Government, a body corporate or another individual,
then, in respect of that work, the author's rights, under section 8, shall vest in
the Government, body corporate or other person who employed the author
or commissioned the work.
Duration of copyright
13. (1) Unless otherwise expressly provided in this Act, the rights referred to
in sections 8 and 9 shall be protected
(a) during the life of the author and for fifty years after his death; or
(b) in the case of a work of joint authorship, during the life of the last
surviving author and for fifty years after his death; or
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