COPYRIGHT LAWS.
(Press Assn.— By Telegraph.— Copyright.) (Received July 27, 9.5 a.m.) MELBOURNE, July 27. A Copyright Bill has been introduced m. the Senate. It repeals existing legislation, and makes the British 1908 Act applicable to Australia. It further provides that copies made outside of Australia of work which, if made m Australia, would infringe the copyright, shall, if; the owner desires, be treated as a prohibited import. It also provides for reciprocal copyright with other dominions not' adopting the British Act. The penalties are increased from £2 to £50 for each copy of a work infringed. The term "book" includes every part of a book, pamphlet, sheet of letter-press, map, plan, or chart.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 12826, 27 July 1912, Page 5
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114COPYRIGHT LAWS. Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 12826, 27 July 1912, Page 5
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