FEDERAL COPYRIGHT BILL.
THE PROVISIONS OUTLINED
[UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION —COPYRIGHT] (Received July 28, 9.5 p.m.) MELBOURNE, July 28. The Copyright Bill, which has been introduced in the Senate, repeals the existing legislation and makes the British" 1908 Act applicable to’ Australia. . It further provides that copies made outside Australia of work which if made in Australia would infringe the law of copyright, shall, if the, owner desires, be treated as prohibited from import. . The Bill also provides for reciprocal copyright with other dominions which have not adopted the British Act. _ The penalties are increased to £SO for each copy of the work infringed. The term “book” includes every part of a book, pamphlet, sheet of letterpress, map, plan, or chart.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXX, Issue 3587, 29 July 1912, Page 5
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120FEDERAL COPYRIGHT BILL. Gisborne Times, Volume XXX, Issue 3587, 29 July 1912, Page 5
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