Hong Kong Ordinances

COPYRIGHT ORDINANCE - SECT 184

Legislative Council copyright

(1) Where a work is made by or under the direction or control of the
Legislative Council-

   (a)  the work qualifies for copyright protection notwithstanding
        section 177 (ordinary requirement as to qualification for copyright
        protection); and

   (b)  the Legislative Council is the first owner of any copyright in the
        work.

(2) Copyright in such a work is referred to in this Part as "L egislative
Council copyright", notwithstanding that it may be, or have been, assigned to
another person.

(3) Legislative Council copyright in a literary, dramatic, musical or
artistic work continues to subsist until the end of the period of 50 years
from the end of the calendar year in which the work was made.

(4) For the purposes of this section, works made by or under the direction or
control of the Legislative Council include-

   (a)  any work made by an officer or employee of the Legislative Council in
        the course of his duties; and

   (b)  any sound recording, film, live broadcast or live cable  programme of
        the proceedings of the Legislative Council, but a work is not regarded
        as made by or under the direction or control of the Legislative
        Council by reason only of its being commissioned by or on  behalf of
        the Legislative Council.

(5) In the case of a work of joint authorship where one or more but not all of
the authors are acting on behalf of, or under the direction or control of the
Legislative Council, this section applies only in relation to those authors
and the copyright subsisting by virtue of their contribution to the work.

(6) Except as mentioned above, and subject to any express exclusion elsewhere
in this Part, the provisions of this Part apply in relation to
Legislative Council copyright as to other copyright. [ cf. 1988 c. 48 s. 165
U.K.]

"Legislative Council copyright"