COPYRIGHT ORDINANCE
PART II—DIVISION II
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Section 22
Cap. 528
(2) Copyright in a broadcast or cable programme expires at the
end of the period of 50 years from the end of the calendar
year in which the broadcast was made or the programme was
included in a cable programme service, subject as follows.
(3) Copyright in a repeat broadcast or cable programme expires
at the same time as the copyright in the original broadcast
or cable programme; and accordingly no copyright arises
in respect of a repeat broadcast or cable programme which
is broadcast or included in a cable programme service after
the expiry of the copyright in the original broadcast or cable
programme.
(4) A repeat broadcast or cable programme means one which
is a repeat either of a broadcast previously made or of a
cable programme previously included in a cable programme
service.
[cf. 1988 c. 48 s. 14 U.K.]
21.
Duration of copyright in typographical arrangement of
published editions
Copyright in the typographical arrangement of a published edition
expires at the end of the period of 25 years from the end of the
calendar year in which the edition was first published.
[cf. 1988 c. 48 s. 15 U.K.]
DIVISION II—RIGHTS OF COPYRIGHT OWNER
The acts restricted by copyright
22.
The acts restricted by copyright in a work
(1) The owner of the copyright in a work has, in accordance with
the following provisions of this Division, the exclusive right
to do the following acts in Hong Kong—
Last updated date
3.3.2014