TNAG-1952-FCO40-2781-Extension-of-Copyright-(Taiwan)-Order-1985-to-Hong-Kong-1989 — Page 7

DSR (Revised Sept 85)

DRAFT: minute/letter/teleletter/despatch/note

FROM:

TYPE: Draft/Final 1 +

Reference

SIR A WATTS

DEPARTMENT:

TEL. NO:

LEGAL ADVISERS

Your Reference

BUILDING:

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SECURITY CLASSIFICATION

TO:

PS/MR MAUDE

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PRIVACY MARKING

CAVEAT

In Confidence

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SUBJECT:

DRAFT COPYRIGHT (TAIWAN) (EXTENSION TO HONG KONG) ORDER 1990

PROBLEM

1.

The approval of a Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Minister is required for the attached draft Order in

Council to be submitted to the meeting of the Privy

Council on 3 February.

RECOMMENDATION

2.

I recommend that Mr Maude should approve the draft

Order. If he agrees he should write the words "approved"

and sign his name in the place indicated at the head of

the draft Order. HKD and COMED concur.

ARGUMENT

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3.

In December 1985, the Copyright (Taiwan) Order

was made under the Copyright Act 1956; this gave protecti

in UK law to Taiwan copyright owners, and thus provided

the reciprocity necessary to enable UK copyright owners

to obtain protection under the Taiwan Copyright Act.

4. We asked Hong Kong in 1986 whether they whished this

Order to be extended to Hong Kong, but at the time the

Government there saw no need to do so.

5.

However, on 7 August 1989, the Taiwanese

authorities announced that they would not accept

registration of Hong Kong copyright works, because of

the lack of reciprocal protection in Hong Kong for Taiwanese copyright owners. The major local copyright

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