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CANADIAN COPYRIGHT MEASURE 557

(c) in the case of a literary, dramatic or musical work, to make any record, perforated roll or other contri- vance by means of which the work may be mechani- cally performed, and to authorize any such acts as aforesaid. (2.) For the purposes of this Act (other than those relat- Publication, ing to infringements of copyright), a work shall not be performance deemed to be published or performed in public, and a lee- ?' delivery ture shall not be deemed to be delivered in public, if pub- lished, performed in public or delivered in public without the consent or acquiescence of the person entitled to au- thorize its publication, performance in public or delivery in public.

(3.) For the purposes of this Act a work shall be deemed Simulta- to be first published in Canada, notwithstanding that it neous has been published simultaneously in some other country, Publication unless the publication in Canada is colourable only and is not intended to satisfy the reasonable requirements of the public, and a work shall be deemed to be published simul- taneously in two countries if the time between the publica- tion in one such country and the publication in the other country does not exceed fourteen days.

(4.) Where the making of a work has extended over a Copyright considerable period the conditions of this Act conferring to bona fide copjTight shall be deemed to have been complied with '^^ident if the author was, during any substantial part of that period, a bona fide resident of Canada.

CONDITIONS OF COPYRIGHT

3. Subject to the provisions of this Act, copyright shall Conditions of subsist in Canada for the term hereinafter mentioned in copyright in every original literary, dramatic, musical and artistic work ^^^f^ the author whereof was, at the date of the making of the work, a bona fide resident of Canada, but in no other works except so far as the protection conferred by this act is ex- tended by order in council thereunder.

(2.) Every copy of a work published in Canada shall be Notice of printed or made in Canada, and shall bear notice of copy- copyright — right —