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TO IMMEDIATE FCO
TELNO 2645
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OF 030356Z SEPTEMBER 90
11 SEP 1990
FROM THE POLITICAL ADVISER'S OFFICE
COPYRIGHT (TAIWAN) ORDER 1990
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1 A DELEGATION OF MAJOR HONG KONG COPYRIGHT OWNERS RECENTLY
VISITED TAIWAN TO SEEK RECIPROCITY FROM THE TAIWANESE FOR THE
PROTECTION GIVEN HERE TO TAIWANESE WORKS UNDER THE ORDER. THE TAIWANESE ASKED FOR AN EXPLANATION BY HKG OF THE CONTENTS OF THE ORDER SO THAT THEY COULD GIVE RECIPROCITY.
2. FROM A POLITICAL STANDPOINT WE WOULD BE PREPARED TO GIVE A
WRITTEN EXPLANATION OF THE ORDER TO THE COPYRIGHT OWNERS WHICH THEY COULD THEN USE WITH THE TAIWANESE. HOWEVER, OUR AGC ARE UNWILLING, AS THE GOVERNMENTS LEGAL ADVISERS, TO EXPLAIN THE
PRECISE LEGAL EFFECT OF THE ORDER FOR THE BENEFIT OF A NON-
GOVERNMENTAL BODY.
3. SINCE THE WORDING OF AN ORDER FOLLOWS CLOSELY THAT OF THE 1985 U.K. ORDER, WE SHOULD BE GRATEFUL TO KNOW IF A SIMILAR APPROACH HAS BEEN MADE BY THE TAIWANESE TO YOU AND, IF SO, HOW AND THROUGH WHAT CHANNEL YOU REPLIED.
4. WE ARE BEING PRESSED FOR AN URGENT RESPONSE BY THE COPYRIGHT
OWNERS. GRATEFUL THEREFORE FOR REPLY DESKBY 06020OZ.
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