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COPYRIGHT ACT 1994 - SECT 7

Meaning of unknown authorship

7 Meaning of unknown authorship

1 For the purposes of this Act, a work is of
"unknown authorship" if the identity of the author is unknown or, in the case of a work of joint authorship, if the identity of none of the authors is known.
2 For the purposes of this Act, the identity of an author shall be regarded as unknown if it is not possible for a person who wishes to ascertain the identity of the author to do so by reasonable inquiry; but if that identity is once known it shall not subsequently be regarded as unknown.
Note: 1962 No 33 s 11(3), (4) ; Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 s 9(4), (5) (UK)



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