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 CANADIAN COPYRIGHT MEASURE 559

same lecturer on the same subject at the same place, at the beginning of the first lecture of the series ; or

(&) by a conspicuous written or printed notice affixed, before the lecture, or the first lecture of the series, is given, on the entrance doors of the build- mg in which the lecture or series of lectures is given, or in a place near the lecturer, (v) the representing of any scene or object, notwith- standing that there may be copyright in some other representation of such scene or object. (2.) Copyright in a work shall also be deemed to be in- Infringement fringed by any person who sells or lets for hire, or exposes, ^y sale, etc. offers or has in his possession for sale or hire, or distributes or exhibits in public, or imports for sale or hire into Canada, any work which to his knowledge infringes copyright or would infringe copyright if it had been made in Canada.

(3.) Copyright in a work shall also be deemed to be in- Infringement fringed by any person who for private profit permits a ^7 public theatre or other place of entertainment to be used for the Perfo>™«Ke performance in public of the work without the consent of the owner of the copyright, unless he proves that he acted innocently.

TERM OF COPYRIGHT

5. The term for which copyright shall subsist, shall, ex- Tenn of cept as otherwise provided by this Act, be the life of the copyright author and a period of fifty years after his death unless pre- viously determined by first publication elsewhere than in Canada, except as otherwise provided by this Act, or by failure to comply with any other requirement of this Act.

LICENSES TO RE-PUBLISH

6. If, at any time after a work has been published or per- License to formed in public, a petition is presented to the Minister by re-publish any person interested, alleging that, by reason of the with- °' perform holding of the work from the public or of the price charged p^ijUg for copies of the work or for the right to perform the work granted hj in public, the reasonable requirements of the public with Minister respect to the work are not satisfied, and praying for the "P°**. grant of a license to reproduce the work or perform the Petition