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��Copyright Act, 1911.

��§19.

��Right to make records from sheet music.

��Copyright in records : retrospecti' operation of section.

��With regard to the right to make records or rolls from sheet music, this will become part of the coi^yright (e), and the right will subsist not only in respect of new wor"ks pulDlished after the commencement of the Act, but also in respect of old works published before the com- mencement of the Act (/) . The exclusive right, how- ever, conferred by sects. 1 (2) and 24 is made subject to the limitations laid down in this section. These limita- tions may be briefly summarised: —

Old worlds — May be reproduced with or ■\\ithout alterations or omis- sions, and irrespective of their previous adaptation to mechanical instruments;

If the work has been lawfully reproduced or sold in the form of a record before July 1, 1910, Free of royalty until July 1, 1913; If the work has not been so lawfully reproduced or sold, and in any case in respect of sales after July 1, 1913,

On payment of 2^ per cent, royalty on the ordinary retail selling price.

Isew tvorks^ May bo reproduced if the owner of the copyright has already permitted the making of similar contrivances; But no alterations or omissions may be made except —

(1) Where similar alterations or omissions have been

permitted by owner;

(2) Where reasonably necessary for the adaptation

of .the work; On payment of royalty on ordinary retail selling price — 2^ per cent, on sales up to July 1, 1914; 5 per cent, on subsequent sales.

With regard to the right to copy records, these will be protected as musical works, and no one will be entitled to make reproductions either in the form of records or otherwise. This provision is ,made retrospective in the sense that all reproductions from records, although law- fully made before the passing of the Act, will become

��{e) Sect. 1 (2) (c).

��(/) Sect. 24.

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