Act 690
Copyright Act, 2005
(3) Copyright protection of a workshall notdepend on theobligation
of producers specified in thissection
Notice of protection of rights of producers
11. (1) Anotice shall be printedon copiesof soundrecordings or audiovisual
workmade forcommercial purposes which shall include theyearoffirstpublication
of the soundrecording or audiovisual work.
(2) The notice shallbe placedin a mannerthat givesreasonable noticeof
claimof protection oftherights of theproducer.
(3) If thenotice on thecopies ofthe soundrecording, audiovisual workor
theircontainers doesnotidentify theproduceror licencee by name,description. or
trade mark, it shall indicate the name of the person who owns the rights of the
producer.
(4) If thenotice on thecopiesof the soundrecording, audiovisual workor
theircontainers do notidentify theprincipal performers, itshall indicate thenameofthe
person whoownstherightsoftheperformers.
(5) Non-compliance withtheprovisions ofthissection by a producer does
not deprivethe producer of copyright protection.
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(6) A person mayusefixations or reproductions madein goodfaith before
thecommencement ofthis Actif made in accordance withitsprovisions.
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Duration of Copyright
Duration of copyright in individuals
12. (1) The rights ofthe authorreferredto in section 5 areprotected during the
lifeof theauthorandseventy yearsafterthedeath ofthe authorunlessthe. contrary
is statedin thisAct.
(2) Wherea workisjointlyauthored, therightsofthe authorreferred toin
section 5 areprotected during thelifeof thelastsurviving author andseventy years
afterthe deathof thatauthor.
Duration of copyright in bodies corporate
13. Where the copyrightin a work is owned by a publiccorporationor other
body corporate, the term of protection shalt be seventy yearsfrom the date on
which the workwaseithermadeor firstpublished, whicheverdate is the later.
Duration of copyright in anonymous works
14. Wherea workis published anonymously or undera pseudonym, the rights
of the authorreferredto in section 5 are protecteduntilthe expiration of seventy
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