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the control of the State shall, by force of this Act, be vested in and made subject to the control of the Commonwealth.

PART III. — LITERARY, MUSICAL, AND DRAMATIC COPYRIGHT

Copyright 13. Copyright in books. — (i.) The copyright in a book

in books means the exclusive right to do, or authorize another per- son to do, all or any of the following things in respect of it: —

(a) To make copies of it: (6) To abridge it:

(c) To translate it:

(d) In the case of a dramatic work, to convert it into a novel or other non-dramatic work:

(e) In the case of a novel or other non-dramatic work, to convert into a dramatic work: and

(/) In the case of a musical work, to make any new ad- aptation, transposition, arrangement, or setting of it, or of any part of it, in any notation. (2.) Copyright shall subsist in every book, whether the author is a British subject or not, which has been printed from type set up in Australia, or plates made therefrom, or from plates or negatives made in Australia in cases where type is not necessarily used, and has, after the commence- ment of this Act, been published in Australia, before or simultaneously with its first publication elsewhere. Peifonning 14. Performing right in dramatic and musical works. — right (i.) The performing right in a dramatic or musical work

means the exclusive right to perform it, or authorise its performance in public.

(2.) Performing right shall subsist in every dramatic or musical work, whether the author is a British subject or not, which has, after the commencement of this Act, been performed in public in Australia, before or simultaneously with its first performance in public elsewhere. Lecturing 15. Lecturing right in lectures. — (i.) The lecturing right

right in a lecture means the exclusive right to deliver it, or

authoKse its delivery, in public, and except as hereinafter provided, to report it.