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Friday, December 22, 1972
As a result of the new legislation, Hong Kong would give
copyright protection to works originating in countries which are members
of the Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic
Works and the Universal Copyright Convention, and would receive reciprocal
protection from those countries.
Apart from the Act and the regulations to be made under it, the
spokesman said Government was also considering the enactment of supplementary
local copyright legislation.
This legislation, he added, would repeal the Copyright Ordinance
and the Fine Arts Copyright Ordinance and would modify the United Kingdom
1956 Act in certain respects to suit the particular circumstances of
Hong Kong.
"This legislation will be put to the Legislative Council in the
near future," he said.
The United Kingdon 1911 Act, together with the Copyright and
Fine Arts Ordinances, form the basis of the present Copyright law in
Hong Kong.
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