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Act of 1911.
Section 24.
THE COPYRIGHT ACT.
Existing Right.
Schedules.
FIRST SCHEDULE.
EXISTING RIGHTS.
Substituted Right.
(a) In the case of Works other than Dramatic and Musical Works,
Copyright.
Copyright as defined by this Act.*
(b) In the case of Musical and Dramatic Works.
Both copyright and performing right. | Copyright as defined by this Act.*
Copyright, but not performing right. Copyright as defined by this Act,
except the sole right to perform the work or any substantial part thereof in public.
Performing right, but not copyright. | The sole right to perform the work
in public, but none of the other rights comprised in copyright as defined by this Act.
For the purposes of the Schedule the following expressions, where used in the first column thereof, have the following meanings :-
"Copyright", in the case of a work which according to the law in force immediately before the commencement of this Act has not been published before that date and statutory copyright wherein depends on publication, includes the right at common law (if any) to restrain publication or other dealing with the work;
"Performing right", in the case of a work which has not been performed in public before the commencement of this Act, includes the right at common law (if any) to restrain the performance thereof in public.
* In the case of an essay, article, or portion forming part of and first published in a review, magazine, or other periodical or work of a like nature, the right shall be subject to any right of publishing the essay, article, or portion in a separate form to which the author is entitled at the commencement of this Act, or would, if this Act had not been passed, have become entitled under section 18 of the Copyright Act, 1842,
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