Hong Kong Ordinances

COPYRIGHT ORDINANCE - SECT 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.

(2) Notwithstanding subsection (1) and sections 13 and 103, the person who
commissioned the work-

   (a)  has an exclusive licence to exploit the commissioned work for all
        purposes that could reasonably have been contemplated by the author
        and the person who commissioned the work at the time the work was
        commissioned; and

   (b)  has the power to restrain any exploitation of the commissioned work
        for any purpose against which he could reasonably take objection.