§ Amendment proposed: No. 52, in page 24, line 34, leave out 'showing,'.—[Mr. Butcher.]
§ Mr. MartlewThe Committee was replete with my pedantic legal interventions, but tonight we have been free of them until now. The amendment deletes the word "showing", and it appears from clause 61, as it now stands, that it is not an infringement of copyright to make a graphic work. Does the deletion of the word "showing" not suggest that it may be an infringement to show the results of that graphic work or photograph? Will the Minister explain why that word requires to be deleted?
§ Mr. ButcherThe exhibition of an artistic work is not a restricted act either under existing law or under the Bill. That means that the showing of a film, including an artistic 148 work, cannot infringe the copyright in the artistic work. The word "showing" is therefore not needed in clause 61(3).
§ Amendment agreed to.