THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, MARCH 26, 1920.
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No. 180. The following Order of His Majesty the King in Council, which appeared in the London Gazette of the 10th February, 1920, is published for general information.
AT THE COURT AT BUCKINGHAM PALACE,
THE 9TH DAY OF FEBRUARY, 1920.
PRESENT,
THE KING'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY.
W
LORD PRESIDENT.
EARL CURZON OF KEDLESTON.
LORD COLEBROOKE.
SIR FREDERICK PONSONBY.
THEREAS by reason of conditions arising out of the war difficulties have been experienced by citizens of the United States of America in complying with the requirements of the Copyright Act, 1911, as to first publication within the parts of His Majesty's Dominions to which the Act extends of their works first published in the United States of America during the war:
And whereas His Majesty is advised that the Government of the United States of America has undertaken, upon issue of this Order, to extend the protection afforded by United States Law of December 18, 1919, entitled An Act to amend Sections 8 and 21
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of the Copyright Act, approved March 4, 1909," to British subjects:
And whereas by reason of the said undertaking of the Government of the United States of America His Majesty is satisfied that the said Government has made, or has undertaken to make, such provision as it is expedient to require for the protection of works first made or published between the 1st August, 1914, and the termination of the war in the parts of His Majesty's Dominions to which this Order applies, and entitled to copyright under Part I of the Copyright Act, 1911 :
And whereas by the Copyright Act, 1911, authority is conferred upon His Majesty te extend, by Order in Council, the protection of the said Act to certain classes of foreign works within any part of His Majesty's Dominions, other than self-governing Dominions, to which the said Act extends :
And whereas by reason of these premises it is desirable to provide protection within the said Dominions for literary or artistic works first pubished in the United States of America between August 1, 1914, and the termination of the war which have failed to accomplish the formalities prescribed by the Copyright Act, 1911, by reason of conditions. arising out of the war:
Now, therefore, His Majesty, by and with the advice of His Privy Council, and by virtue of the authority conferred upon Him by the Copyright Act, 1911, is pleased to order, and it is hereby ordered, as follows:-
1. The Copyright Act, 1911, shall, subject to the provisions of the said Act and of this Order, apply to works first published in the United States of America between the 1st August, 1914, and the termination of the war, which have not been republished prior to the commencement of this Order in the parts of His Majesty's Dominions to which this Order applies, in like manner as if they had been first published within the parts of His Majesty's Dominions to which the said Act extends:
Provided that the enjoyment by any work of the rights conferred by the Copyright Act, 1911, shall be conditional upon publication of the work in the Dominions to which this Order relates not later than six months after the termination of the war, and shall commence from and after such publication, which shall not be colourable only, but shall be intended to satisfy the reasonable requirements of the public.
2. The provisions of Section 15 of the Copyright Act, 1911, as to the delivery of books to libraries, shall apply to works to which this Order relates upon their publication in the United Kingdom.
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