507:(Patents, Designs, Trade Marks and Copyright Act 1916). The Copyright Act 1911 also provided that the UK Secretary of State could certify copyright laws passed in any self-governing dominion if the copyright legislation was “substantially identical” to those of the Copyright Act 1911. Though the Secretary of State could certify copyright law even if their provisions on copyright enforcement and the restriction on importation of works manufactured in “foreign countries” were not identical to that of the Copyright Act 1911. Such self-governing dominions were then treated as if the Copyright Act 1911 extended to the self-governing dominion. The Secretary of State certified the copyright laws of
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the Act to respond to further technological developments, the Courts had to apply the Act's definitions, which were centered on artistic works, or types of works not mentioned in it – for instance, phone books, newspapers, restaurant menus and even the codes of computer programs were legally deemed "books" for copyright purposes, regardless of their (usually nonexistent) artistic value. These "stretched-boundaries" definitions are maintained in the
Copyright Law 5778–2007.
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British Copyright Act 1911, also known as the Imperial Copyright Act of 1911. "Part I Imperial Copyright. Rights. 1.(1) Subject to the provisions of this Act, copyright shall subsist throughout the parts of His Majesty’s dominions to which this Act extends for the term hereinafter
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The self-governing dominions are given a free hand in copyright matters. Each dominion may adopt or reject the
Imperial Act as it pleases. Similarly, each dominion may adhere to the Revised Convention or to the original Berne Convention, or it may decline to adhere to either, and so place itself in
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not to the 1911 Act itself, but to the 1924 Ordinance applying it, resulting in a situation in which the two legal instruments were in conflict – for instance, while the Act set a copyright term of 50 years after the author's death, the
Ordinance set a term of 70. Because the Knesset did not amend
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were granted the exclusive right to prevent others reproducing their recordings, or playing them in public. The act provided that the copyright in literary, dramatic and music works could be infringed by the making of a film or other mechanical performance incorporating the copyrighted works.
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exceptions, the fair use defence allows US courts to find that a defendant's use is fair and hence not an infringement of copyright, even though the use does not fall within the statutory list provided for in
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mentioned in every original literary dramatic music and artists work, if..."
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1035:"Myanmar enacts new copyright law to replace Myanmar Copyright Act 1914"
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Exclusive right of dramatising and translating secured to the author.
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Taking of short passages for insertion in school books is permitted.
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Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works
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The Copyright Act 1911 provided the template for an approach to
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An Act to amend and consolidate the Law relating to Copyright.
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The scope of copyright was further widened and producers of
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The act came into force in the UK on 1 July 1912, in the
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917:Copyright law: a handbook of contemporary research
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619:in 1931 and 1932, and it was extended to the
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895:. World Intellectual Property Organization
842:. World Intellectual Property Organization
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459:No copyright vests in the proprietor of a
310:and "territories under protection" of the
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1116:The History of the Legal Deposit of Books
1089:The History of the Legal Deposit of Books
864:The History of the Legal Deposit of Books
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611:in 1924 and 1931, it was extended to the
595:. The Copyright Act 1911 was extended to
247:on 16 December 1911. The act established
2200:Great Britain and Ireland and the United
1146:Copyright exceptions: the digital impact
1143:Burrell, Robert; Alison Coleman (2005).
201:Literary and Artistic Copyright Law 2019
974:. Oxford University Press. p. 38.
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725:Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988
108:5 November 1956 (in the United Kingdom)
3564:United Kingdom Acts of Parliament 1911
920:. Edward Elgar Publishing. p. 9.
553:Northern Territories of the Gold Coast
342:and the Fine Arts Copyright Act 1862.
126:24 May 2019 (final repeal, in Myanmar)
3450:Acts of the Northern Ireland Assembly
216:Text of statute as originally enacted
7:
3521:United Kingdom statutory instruments
1086:Partridge, R. C. Barrington (2008).
471:the position of a non-union country.
1113:Patridge, R. C. Barrington (2008).
861:Patridge, R. C. Barrington (2008).
730:Copyright law of the United Kingdom
679:Commonwealth approach to exceptions
527:extended the Copyright Act 1911 to
140:Copyright (British Museum) Act 1915
1022:Copyright Act 5778-2007, Section 1
947:. Routledge Cavendish. p. 4.
941:Mooney Cotter, Anne-Marie (2003).
793:The copyright act, 1911, annotated
302:on 1 February 1931, and all other
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1065:Allen & Gledhill (Bulletins)
998:The companion to British history
867:. Read Books. pp. 154–155.
812:Coyle, Michael (23 April 2003).
241:Parliament of the United Kingdom
114:1 January 1979 (in South Africa)
50:Parliament of the United Kingdom
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3422:Acts of the Scottish Parliament
621:Cameroons under British Mandate
531:and the following territories:
330:In the two centuries after the
120:1 January 1995 (in New Zealand)
3526:Scottish statutory instruments
995:Arnold-Baker, Charles (2001).
691:defence in section 107 of the
645:British colonies and dominions
176:Copyright Act 1987 (Singapore)
156:Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1986
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3543:Church of England instruments
1222:Pre-parliamentary legislation
889:"Israel: Copyright Act, 2007"
349:The 1911 Act implemented the
191:Copyright Ordinance (Cap 528)
181:Copyright Act 1987 (Malaysia)
118:1 December 1987 (in Malaysia)
3569:United Kingdom copyright law
1253:the Kingdom of Great Britain
603:in 1924, it was extended to
340:Engraving Copyright Act 1734
231:. c. 46), also known as the
116:10 April 1987 (in Singapore)
1174:Original text, as published
1119:. Read Books. p. 154.
1092:. Read Books. p. 153.
255:. The act amended existing
233:Imperial Copyright Act 1911
122:27 June 1997 (in Hong Kong)
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1067:. Allen & Gledhill LLP
1001:. Routledge. p. 360.
814:"The History of Copyright"
545:Gilbert and Ellice Islands
298:) on 24 February 1914, in
110:21 January 1958 (in India)
29:United Kingdom legislation
1881:Acts of Parliament of the
944:Intellectual Property Law
836:"The Burma Copyright Act"
296:province of British India
112:1 May 1969 (in Australia)
42:
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2198:of the United Kingdom of
1884:Kingdom of Great Britain
1229:List of English statutes
1041:. SPH Media Digital News
914:Torremans, Paul (2007).
1667:Interregnum (1642–1660)
515:1921, certified 1924).
513:Copyright Act of Canada
406:Evan James MacGillivray
196:Copyright Law 5778-2007
158:(in the United Kingdom)
124:25 May 2008 (in Israel)
1861:Parliament of Scotland
613:Federated Malay States
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477:Imperial copyright act
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353:, which abolished the
259:, as recommended by a
3574:Copyright legislation
3513:Secondary legislation
2168:Parliament of Ireland
1260:Parliament of England
791:Macgillivray, E. J.,
505:Union of South Africa
484:
18:Copyright Act of 1911
3434:Acts of Senedd Cymru
3365:European Communities
1234:Charter of Liberties
637:copyright exceptions
631:Influence of the act
355:common law copyright
243:(UK) which received
3339:Halsbury's Statutes
1251:of states preceding
1249:Acts of parliaments
316:Mandatory Palestine
304:British possessions
171:Copyright Act, 1978
34:
3345:Legislation.gov.uk
2196:Acts of Parliament
1039:The Business Times
720:Copyright Act 1956
715:Copyright Act 1842
693:Copyright Act 1976
497:Copyright Act 1912
488:
400:Summary of changes
336:Acts of Parliament
251:in the UK and the
225:Copyright Act 1911
186:Copyright Act 1994
166:Copyright Act 1968
161:Copyright Act 1957
152:Copyright Act 1956
33:Copyright Act 1911
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3472:Orders in Council
3388:Church of England
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1743:Habeas Corpus Act
1654:Petition of Right
1156:978-0-521-84726-1
1126:978-1-4437-2545-3
1099:978-1-4437-2545-3
1008:978-0-415-18583-7
981:978-0-19-926339-4
954:978-1-85941-805-5
927:978-1-84542-487-9
893:WIPO Lex Database
874:978-1-4437-2545-3
840:WIPO Lex Database
565:Southern Rhodesia
561:Northern Rhodesia
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131:Other legislation
38:Act of Parliament
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525:Order in Council
393:whose parliament
377:sound recordings
366:Stationers' Hall
359:sound recordings
351:Berne Convention
261:royal commission
257:UK copyright law
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209:Status: Repealed
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