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Copyright Act 1956
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Section 11.
SECOND SCHEDULEDuration of Copyright in Anonymous and Pseudonymous Works
1Where the first publication of a literary, dramatic, or musical work, or of an artistic work other than a photograph, is anonymous or pseudonymous, then subject to the following provisions of this Schedule—
(a)subsection (3) of section two of this Act, or, as the case may be, subsection (4) of section three of this Act, shall not apply, and
(b)any copyright subsisting in the work by virtue of either of those sections shall continue to subsist until the end of the period of fifty years from the end of the calendar year in which the work was first published, and shall then expire.
2The preceding paragraph shall not apply in the case of a work if, at any time before the end of the period mentioned in that paragraph, it is possible for a person without previous knowledge of the facts to ascertain the identity of the author by reasonable inquiry.
3For the purposes of this Act a publication of a work under two or more names shall not be taken to be pseudonymous unless all those names are pseudonyms.
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