[Rev. 2014]
Copyright
CAP. 130
(8) In an action under this section—
(a) copyright shall be presumed to subsist in the work or other subject
matter to which the action relates, if the defendant does not put in
issue the subsistence of copyright therein; and
(b) where the subsistence of copyright is proved, admitted or presumed
under paragraph (a), the plaintiff shall be presumed to be the owner
of the copyright if he makes a claim thereto and the defendant does
not dispute that claim.
(9) Where in an action under this section, a name purporting to be the name
of the author or joint author appears on copies of a literary or musical work as
published or an artistic work when it was made, any person whose name so
appears, if it is his true name or the name by which he is commonly known, shall
be presumed, unless the contrary is proved, to be the author of the work.
(10) In the case of an anonymous or pseudonymous work, the publisher whose
name appears on the work shall, in the absence of any proof to the contrary, be
presumed to represent the author and, in this capacity, shall be entitled to exercise
and enforce the moral and economic rights of the author:
Provided that the presumption under this subsection shall cease to apply when
the author reveals his identity or where the pseudonym leaves no doubts as to the
identity of the author.
(11) Where, in any action under this section, the author of the literary, musical
or artistic work to which the action relates is dead, it shall be presumed, unless the
contrary is proved—
(a) that the work is eligible for copyright; and
(b) that any allegation by the plaintiff that the work is a first publication
and was published in a specified country on a specified date, is true.
(12) Where, in an action under this section, the sound recording to which the
action relates is reproduced on a record bearing a label or other mark which has
been issued to the public, any statement on that label or mark to the effect that
a person named thereon was the maker of the sound recording or by whom the
recording was first published in a specified year shall, unless the contrary is proved,
be presumed to be true.
(13) In this section—
“record” means any disc, tape, perforated roll or other device in which
sounds or the representations of sounds are embodied which are capable of
reproduction therefrom with or without the aid of another instrument;
“action” includes a counterclaim and references to the plaintiff and to the
defendant in an action shall be construed accordingly;
“court” means a court of competent jurisdiction;
“owner of the copyright” means the first owner, an assignee or an
exclusive licensee, as the case may be, of the relevant portion of the copyright.
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