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Decriminalisation of parallel importation; maintenance of civil remedies against parallel import. Exclusive licensees may take civil action against those who arrange for parallel importation in breach of exclusive licence agreements.
Protection of rental right for sound recordings and computer programs, but not for films, through civil remedies.
The provision for permitted acts, including those for fair dealing, educational purposes, copies kept by or provided by libraries and archives, public administration, limited re-transmission of broadcasts and transient copying for viewing or listening, on the INTERNET.
Protection of the legitimate interests of copyright owners for copyright works on the INTERNET, as well as the interests of those who provide physical facilities.
Registration on a voluntary basis for collective copyright administration societies to ensure essential information such as scales of royalty charges will be available to public.
Clarified and expanded jurisdiction for the Copyright Tribunal to encourage aggrieved parties to seek redress.
"The Bill will be introduced into the Legislative Council on 26 February 1997. The Government has accorded priority to the Bill in the legislative programme as it is necessary to have the new copyright legislation put in place before 1 July 1997," the spokesman said.
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Bill to tidy up habeas corpus laws proposed
The Supreme Court (Amendment) Bill 1997, which seeks to provide for applications for and the issue of writs of habeas corpus, will be gazetted tomorrow (Friday).
A Government spokesman said today that the legislative amendments were basically an exercise to tidy up existing laws on habeas corpus.
No comments yet.
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