False attribution of work; infringement

(1) Subject to the provisions of this section, the right conferred on a person by section 17 of this Act not to have a literary, dramatic, musical or artistic work falsely attributed to 60 him as its author or a film falsely attributed to him as its director, is infringed by any person who, (a) issues to the public copies of a work of any of those descriptions in or on which there is a false attribution; or (b) exhibits in public an artistic work or a copy of an artistic work in or on which there is a (2) The right is also infringed by a person who, (a) in the case of a literary, dramatic or musical work, performs the work in broadcasts it or includes it in a cable programme service as being the work of a person; or (b) in the case of a film, shows it in public, broadcasts it or includes it in a cable programme service as being directed by a person, knowing or having reason to believe that the attribution is (3) The right is also infringed by any person who issues to the public or displays in public any material containing a false attribution in connection with any act referred to in subsection (1) or (2) of this section, (4) The right is also infringed by a person who, in the course of a business, (a) possesses or deals with a copy of a work referred to in subsection (1) of this section in or on which there is a false attribution; or 61 (b) in the case of an artistic work, possesses or deals with the work itself when there is a false attribution in or on it, knowing or having reason to believe that there is an attribution and that it is false. (5) In the case of an artistic work, the right is also infringed by a person who in the course of a business, (a) deals with a work which has been altered after the author parted with possession of it as being the unaltered work of the author; or (b) deals with a copy of such a work as being a copy of the unaltered work of the author, knowing or having reason to believe that such is not the case. (6) In this section, (a) “attribution” in relation to a work means a statement (express or implied) as to who is the author or director; (b) references to dealing are to selling or letting for hire, offering or exposing for sale or hire, exhibiting in public or distributing. (7) This section applies where, contrary to the fact, (a) a literary, dramatic or musical work is falsely represented as being an adaptation of the work of a person; or (b) a copy of an artistic work is falsely represented as being a copy made by the author of the artistic work, 62 as it applies where the work is falsely attributed to a person as