Hong Kong Ordinances

COPYRIGHT ORDINANCE - SECT 18

Duration of copyright in sound recordings

(1) The following provisions have effect with respect to the duration of
copyright in a sound recording.

(2) Copyright expires-

   (a)  at the end of the period of 50 years from the end of the calendar year
        in which it is made; or

   (b)  if during that period it is released, 50 years from the end of the
        calendar year in which it is released, subject as follows.

(3) For the purposes of subsection (2) a sound recording is "r eleased" when
it is first published, played in public, broadcast or included in a
cable programme service; but in determining whether a sound  recording has
been released no account is to be taken of any unauthorized act. [
cf. 1988 c. 48 s. 13A U.K.]

"released"