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(2) If the work is produced by a public officer or employee of the Government of
Zambia or of a Convention country in the course of his employment, and the Government
concerned is the first owner of the copyright in the work, the copyright in the work shall
expire at the end of the period of fifty years from the end of the calendar year in which the
work is made.
(3) If the work is of unknown authorship, the copyright in the work shall expire at the
end of the period of fifty years from the end of the calendar year in which the work is first
published, unless the identity of the author of the work becomes known before that date.
(4) In the case of a work of joint authorship—
(a) the reference in subsection (1) to the death of the author shall be read as a reference
to the death of the last to die of the authors whose identity is known; and
(b) the reference in subsection (3) to the identity of the author becoming known shall
be read as a reference to the identity of any of the authors becoming known.
Audiovisual works and sound recordings
13. Copyright in an audiovisual work or sound recording shall expire—
(a) at the end of the period of fifty years from the end of the calendar year in which it is
made; or
(b) at the end of the period of fifty years from the end of the calendar year in which it is
first published, if it is published within the period referred to in paragraph (a).
Broadcasts and cable programs
14. Copyright in a broadcast or cable program shall expire at the end of the period of
fifty years from the end of the calendar year in which the broadcast or cable program was first
transmitted.
Computer programs
15. Copyright in a computer program shall expire at the end of the period of fifty years
from the end of the calendar year in which the program was first published.
Typographical arrangements
16. Copyright in the typographical arrangement of a published edition shall expire at
the end of the period of twenty-five years from the end of the calendar year in which the
edition was first published.
Infringement of Copyright
Acts controlled by copyright
17.—(1) The owner of the copyright in a work shall have, in accordance with this Act,
the exclusive right to do, or to authorise others to do, in Zambia or on any ship or aircraft
registered in Zambia, the acts (in this Act called “controlled acts”) specified in this section in
relation to each category of work.