cinematograph film, as the case may be, by which it is agreed that the copyright in the work, recording or film is to vest in the author or maker, or in another person specified in the agreement.
Duration of Crown copyright in original works. 180.—(1.) Copyright in a literary, dramatic or musical work of which the Commonwealth or a State is the owner, or would, but for an agreement to which the last preceding section applies, be the owner—
- (a) where the work is unpublished—continues to subsist so long as the work remains unpublished; and
- (b) where the work is published—subsists, or, if copyright in the work subsisted immediately before its first publication, continues to subsist, until the expiration of fifty years after the expiration of the calendar year in which the work was first published.
(2.) Subject to the next succeeding sub-section, copyright in an artistic work of which the Commonwealth or a State is the owner, or would, but for an agreement to which the last preceding section applies, be the owner, continues to subsist until the expiration of fifty years after the expiration of the calendar year in which the work was made.
(3.) Copyright in an engraving or photograph of which the Commonwealth or a State is the owner, or would, but for an agreement to which the last preceding section applies, be the owner, continues to subsist until the expiration of fifty years after the expiration of the calendar year in which the engraving or photograph is first published.
Duration of Crown copyright in recordings and films. 181. Copyright in a sound recording or cinematograph film of which the Commonwealth or a State is the owner, or would, but for the operation of an agreement to which section 179 of this Act applies, be the owner, subsists until the expiration of fifty years after the expiration of the calendar year in which the recording or film is first published.
Application of Parts III. and IV. to copyright subsisting by virtue of this Part. 182.—(1.) Part III. (other than the provisions of that Part relating to the subsistence, duration or ownership of copyright) applies in relation to copyright subsisting by virtue of this Part in a literary, dramatic, musical or artistic work in like manner as it applies in relation to copyright subsisting in such a work by virtue of that Part.
(2.) Part IV. (other than the provisions of that Part relating to the subsistence, duration or ownership of copyright) applies in relation to copyright subsisting by virtue of this Part in a sound recording or cinematograph film in like manner as it applies in relation to copyright subsisting in such a recording or film by virtue of that Part.
Use of copyright material for the services of The Crown. 183.—(1.) The copyright in a literary, dramatic, musical or artistic work or a published edition of such a work, or in a sound recording, cinematograph film, television broadcast or sound broadcast, is not infringed by the Commonwealth or a State, or by a person authorized in writing by the Commonwealth or a State, doing any acts comprised in the copyright if the acts are done for the services of the Commonwealth or State.
