HL Deb 02 November 1988 vol 501 cc358-9

300 Schedule 1, page 131, leave out lines to 1 to 6 and insert—

'(b) if the work is unpublished, until the end of the period of 50 years from the end of the calendar year in which the new copyright provisions come into force or, if during that period the work is first made available to the public within the meaning of section 12(2) (duration of copyright in works of unknown authorship), the date on which copyright expires in accordance with that provision;

unless, in any case, the identity of the author becomes known before that date, in which case section 12(1) applies (general rule: life of the author plus 50 years).'.

301 Page 131, line 26, after 'Crown', insert 'or Parliamentary'.

302 Page 131, line 27, leave out 'paragraph 39' and insert 'paragraphs 39, 39A and 39B'.

303 Page 131, line 36, leave out from 'VII' to 'and' and insert '(provisions with respect to copyright licensing).'.

304 Page 131, line 45, leave out from beginning to first 'of and insert 'So much of section 18(2) as extends the restricted act of issuing copies to the public to include the rental to the public'.

305 Page 131, line 48, leave out 'hiring' and insert 'renting'.

306 Page 132, line 18, at end insert— '(5A) Section (Transfer of copies of works in electronic form) (transfer of copies, adaptations, &c. of work in electronic form) does not apply in relation to a copy purchased before commencement.'.

307 Page 132, line 23, at end insert—

'.—(1) Section 57 (anonymous or pseudonymous works; acts permitted on assumptions as to expiry of copying or death of author) has effect in relation to existing works subject to the following provisions.

(2) Subsection (1)(b)(i) (assumption as to expiry of copyright) does not apply in relation to—

  1. (a) photographs, or
  2. (b) the rights mentioned in paragraph 13 above (rights conferred by the Copyright Act 1775).

(3) Subsection (1)(b)(ii) (assumption as to death of author) applies only—

  1. (a) where paragraph 12(3)(b) above applies (unpublished anonymous or pseudonymous works), after the end of the period of 50 years from the end of the calendar year in which the new copyright provisions come into force, or
  2. (b) where paragraph 12(6) above applies (cases in which the duration of copyright is the same under the new copyright provisions as under the previous law).'.

308 Page 133, line 22, leave out from '232' to 'apply' and insert 'and 234 (appeals and rules)'.

Lord Strathclyde

My Lords, I beg to move that the House do agree with the Commons in their Amendments Nos. 300 to 308 en bloc.

Moved, That the House do agree with the Commons in their Amendments Nos. 300 to 308 en bloc.—(Lord Strathclyde.)

On Question, Motion agreed to.