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(b) distribution to the public, otherwise than by way of rental
or lending, copies of such published edition or facsimile copy
thereof.
(2) Notwithstanding subsection (1) (b), the distribution of copies
that, with the consent of the publisher, have been sold or otherwise
assigned in Malawi or elsewhere shall be permitted.
(3) Protection according to this section shall not subsist in the
typographical arrangement of a published edition if, or to the extent,
that it reproduces the typographical arrangement of a previous
edition.
(4) The protection of typographical arrangements according to
this section shall subsist for a period of twentyfive years from the
end of the year when the edition was first published, any subsequent
new editions reproducing that same arrangement not giving rise to
any prolongation of said period or any renewed protection.
(5) When there is an agreement with the Society permitting, as set
out in section 58 (3) (b), (c) or (d), the reproduction of published
editions the typographical arrangement of which is protected,
section 58 shall in respect of such use apply correspondingly to the
use of published editions of publishers who are not represented by
the Society:
Provided that the agreement has been entered into by the Society
in its capacity of representing, as confirmed by the Minister, a
substantial part of the publishers concerned whose habitual
residence or headquarters is in Malawi.
83.__(1) The provisions of sections 75, 78, 79, 80, 81 and 82 shall
not apply where the acts referred to therein consist of any use of
performances, sound recordings audiovisual works broadcasts or
typographical arrangements that under Part IV is permitted in regard
to works, as long as the conditions set out in Par IV are complied
with:
Provided that__
(a) quotations from a performance, a sound recording, a
broadcast or the typographical arrangement of a published edition
may only be in the form of short excerpts that are compatible with
fair practice and are justified by the informative purpose of those
quotations;
(b) the�� reporting of current events, including the reporting of
them in conjunction with section 44 or 50 shall include no more
than short excerpts of a performance, sound recording or
broadcast, except if it is itself succinct;
(c) the provision in section 56 shall not be relied upon to make
Exceptions
to certain
provisions
under this
Part