COPYRIGHT ORDINANCE PART II—DIVISION I 2-26 Section 13 13. Cap. 528 First ownership of copyright The author of a work is the first owner of any copyright in it, subject to sections 14, 15 and 16. [cf. 1988 c. 48 s. 11(1) U.K.] 14. Employee works (1) Where a literary, dramatic, musical or artistic work, or a film, is made by an employee in the course of his employment, his employer is the first owner of any copyright in the work subject to— (a) any agreement to the contrary; and (b) subsection (2). (2) Subject to any agreement to the contrary, where such work is exploited by his employer or by someone else with the employer’s permission in a way that could not reasonably have been contemplated by the employer and the employee at the time of making the work, the employer shall pay an award to the employee in respect of such exploitation at such amount as agreed between the employer and the employee or failing an agreement, as determined by the Copyright Tribunal. [cf. 1988 c. 48 s. 11(2) U.K.] 15. Commissioned works (1) Where a work is made on the commission of a person and there is an agreement between the author and the commissioner of the work which expressly provides for the entitlement to the copyright, copyright in the commissioned work belongs to the person who is entitled to the copyright under the agreement. Last updated date 3.3.2014