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CONFIDENTIAL

CONFIDENTIAL

FM FCO

TO PRIORITY HONG KONG

TELNO 596

OF 19170OZ MARCH 90

Q

100572

MDLOAN 9230

HUB OL116

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RECEIVED IN

- 3 MAY 1990

DESK OFFICER

INDEX

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Situs räken

YOUR TELNO 860: CABLE TV COPYRIGHT PROTECTION

315

1. OUR LEGAL ADVISERS HAVE CONSIDERED YOUR PROPOSED OPTIONS. IN PRINCIPLE THEY CANNOT SEE ANY PROBLEMS WITH THE PREFERED OPTION IV. HOWEVER THERE ARE TWO PROVISOS: FIRST, A PROBLEM MAY BE THROWN UP WHEN AN ORDER IS BEING DRAFTED. AND SECOND WE MAY HEAR SOMETHING FROM THE PARLIAMENTARY JOINT COMMITTEE ON STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS ABOUT THE ORDER DEALING WITH TAIWAN, WHICH WE MAY NEED TO TAKE ACCOUNT OF.

2. WE WOULD BE GRATEFUL TO KNOW WHETHER YOU WOULD LIKE ALSO TO HAVE EXTENDED TO HK THE AMENDMENTS TO SECTION 21 OF THE 1956 ACT WHICH WERE MADE BY THE COPYRIGHT 1956 (AMENDMENT) ACT 1982 AND THE COPYRIGHT CAMENDMENT) ACT 1983 AND SECTION 21A OF 1956 ACT AS INSERTED BY THE 1983 ACT.

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MAIN

40

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HKD

NEWS DEPT

ADDITIONAL

1

MR WHOMERSLEY

(LEGAL AID)

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DISTRIBUTION

41

INFO DEPT

LEGAL ADVISERS

1

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