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158 Copyright Act, 1911.

SS 29 30 to grant or Avithhold protection as tlioy think

^ — '— fit;

(2) Protection will be granted to foreign works irre-

spective of the question Avhether, and to Avhat ,extent, if any, such works are protected in the country of origin i subject, however, to the power of the Crown to provide, with regard to an}^ particular foreign country to which an Order relates, that the term of copyright in this country shall not exceed the term conferred by the law of the country of origin) .

(3) The j)erformance of the conditions and formali-

ties required by the law of the country of origin Avill not be a condition precedent to the enjoy- ment of the right here; but the Crown inay, with regard to any particular foreign country, prescribe specific conditions or formalities to be observed as a condition precedent to protection.

(4) Foreign works will enjoy an exclusive translat-

ing right for the full term of the copyright, and the printing of an authorised translation in this country, within ten years of 'first jDublication, will no longer be a condition precedent.

(5) English newspapers Avill no longer be entitled to

copy articles from foreign newspapers without express j^ermission.

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