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FM FCO
TO PRIORITY HONG KONG
TELNO 596
OF 19170OZ MARCH 90
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HUB 01116
RECEIVED I
- 3 MAY 1990
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MDLOAN 9230
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YOUR TELNO 860: CABLE TV COPYRIGHT PROTECTION
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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