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 158 Copyright Act, 1911.

SS 29 30 to grant or Avithhold protection as tlioy think

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(2) Protection will be granted to foreign works irre-

spective of the question Avhether, and to Avhat ,extent, if any, such works are protected in the country of origin i subject, however, to the power of the Crown to provide, with regard to an}^ particular foreign country to which an Order relates, that the term of copyright in this country shall not exceed the term conferred by the law of the country of origin).

(3) The j)erformance of the conditions and formali-

ties required by the law of the country of origin Avill not be a condition precedent to the enjoy- ment of the right here; but the Crown inay, with regard to any particular foreign country, prescribe specific conditions or formalities to be observed as a condition precedent to protection.

(4) Foreign works will enjoy an exclusive translat-

ing right for the full term of the copyright, and the printing of an authorised translation in this country, within ten years of 'first jDublication, will no longer be a condition precedent.

(5) English newspapers Avill no longer be entitled to

copy articles from foreign newspapers without express j^ermission.

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