the negotiating and granting of licenses, collecting and distributing of royalties in respect of
copyright works;
"group of persons" includes a body corporate".
(9)
The Council may, where it finds it expedient, assist in establishing a collecting society for any
class of copyright owners.
32C. (1)
13.
There shall be paid a levy on any material used or capable of being used to infringe copyright in a
work.
(2)
The levy payable under subsection (1) of this section shall be as may be determined by the
Minister from time to time by order published in the Gazette and different levies may be imposed on
different categories of materials.
(3)
The levy shall be paid into the Fund of the Council and the Council shall have power to disburse
the funds amongst approved societies in accordance with the regulations made by the Council.
(4)
The Minister shall have power to exempt any class of materials from the payment of any levy.
(5)
In this section, "material" includes any object, equipment, machine, contrivances or any other
device used or capable of being used to infringe copyright in a work".
Section 39 of the principal Act is amended as follows, that is –
(a)
by deleting the words "or sound recording" wherever it occurs in the interpretation of the word
"author";
(b)
by inserting in alphabetical sequence the following interpretation –
"author" in the case of sound recording, means the person by whom the arrangements for the
making of the recording were made, except that in the "author" means the artist in whose name
the recording was made, unless in either case the parties to the making of the sound recording,
provide otherwise by contract";
(c)
by substituting for the interpretation of the word "musical work" the following new
interpretation "musical work" means any musical composition, irrespective of musical quality and includes
works composed for musical accompaniment";
(d)
14.
by substituting for the word "reflection" appearing in the interpretation of the word "cable
programme" the word "reception"
The Third Schedule to the principal Act is amended as follows, that is
(a)
by substituting for "section 6(3) "appearing therein "section 5(4)" thereof;
(b)
by substituting for the existing title a new title as follows
Special Exceptions in Respect of a Sound Recording of a Musical Work
(c)
in paragraph (1)
(i)
line 1, substitute the words "musical work" for the words "sound recording",
(ii)
line 2, substitute the word "recording" for the word "record",
(iii)
sub-paragraph (b) substitute the word "recording" for the word "record" where it first
occurs;