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Copyright Act 1994

Remedies for infringement - Presumptions

129: Presumptions relevant to works subject to Crown copyright

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"What to assume is true about government-owned books, plays, and songs in court"

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When you are in court because of a problem with a book, play, or song that the government owns, you can use a statement on the printed copies as evidence. This statement says when the work was first sold to the public. You will assume this statement is true unless someone proves it is wrong.

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Presumptions

129Presumptions relevant to works subject to Crown copyright

  1. In proceedings brought under this Act with respect to a literary, dramatic, or musical work in which Crown copyright exists, where there appears on printed copies of the work a statement of the year in which the work was first published commercially, that statement shall be admissible as evidence of the fact stated and shall be presumed to be correct until the contrary is proved.