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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;
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(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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