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Infringement of right to object to derogatory treatment of work

Cap. 252, s. 42 · Revised Edition 2020

(1) The right conferred on an author or a director by section 16 of this Act to object to derogatory treatment of his work is infringed, work. (a) in the case of a literary, dramatic or musical work, by a person who, (i) publishes commercially (within the meaning specified in section 23 of this Act), performs in broadcasts or includes in a cable programme service, a derogatory treatment of the work; or (ii) issues to the public copies of a film or sound recording of, or including, a derogatory treatment of the work; 58 (b) in the case of an artistic work, by a person who, (i) publishes commercially (within the meaning specified in section 23 of this Act) or exhibits in public, a derogatory treatment of the work, or broadcasts or includes in a cable programme service a visual image of a derogatory treatment of the work; (ii) shows in public a film which includes a visual image of a derogatory treatment of the work or issues to the public copies of such a film; or (iii) in the case of a work of architecture in the form of a model for a building or in the case of a sculpture or work of craftsmanship, issues to the public of a graphic work representing, or of a photograph of, a derogatory treatment of the work; (c) paragraph (b) of this subsection does not apply to a work of architecture in the form of a building; but where the author of such a work is identified on the building and it is the subject of derogatory treatment, he has the right to require the identification to be removed. (d) in the case of a film, the right is infringed by a person who, (i) shows in or includes in a cable programme service a derogatory treatment of the film; or 59 (ii) issues to the public copies of a derogatory treatment of the film, or who, along with the film, plays in public, broadcasts or includes in a cable programme service, issues to the public copies of, a derogatory treatment of the film soundtrack.
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