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COPYRIGHT ACT 1911

COPYRIGHT ACT 1911 - LONG TITLE

An Act to amend and consolidate the Law relating to Copyright.
[16th December 1911]
PART I
Delivery of copies to British Library Board and other libraries.

COPYRIGHT ACT 1911 - SECT 15

15.(1) The publisher of every book published in the United Kingdom
shall, within one month after the publication, deliver, at his own
expense, a copy of the book to the [British Library Board], who
shall give a written receipt for it:

Proviso rep. by 1932 c.34 s.2(2)

(2) He shall also, if written demand is made before the expiration
of twelve months after publication, deliver within one month after
receipt of that written demand or, if the demand was made before
publication, within one month after publication, to some depot in
London named in the demand a copy of the book for, or in
accordance with the directions of, the authority having the control
of each of the following libraries, namely: the Bodleian Library,
Oxford, the University Library, Cambridge, [the National Library of
Scotland], and the Library of Trinity College, Dublin, and subject
to the provisions of this section the National Library of Wales. In
the case of an encyclop'dia, newspaper, review, magazine, or work
published in a series of numbers or parts, the written demand may
include all numbers or parts of the work which may be subsequently
published.

(3) The copy delivered to the [British Library Board] shall be a
copy of the whole book with all maps and illustrations belonging
thereto, finished and coloured in the same manner as the best
copies of the book are published, and shall be bound, sewed, or
stitched together, and on the best paper on which the book is
printed.

(4) The copy delivered for the other authorities mentioned in this
section shall be on the paper on which the largest number of
copies of the book is printed for sale, and shall be in the like
condition as the books prepared for sale.

(5) The books of which copies are to be delivered to the National
Library of Wales shall not include books of such classes as may be
specified in regulations to be made by the Board of Trade.

(6) If a publisher fails to comply with this section, he shall be
liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding five pounds
and the value of the book, and the fine shall be paid to the
[British Library Board] or authority to whom the book ought to have
been delivered.

(7) For the purposes of this section, the expression "book" includes
every part or division of a book, pamphlet, sheet of letterpress,
sheet of music, map, plan, chart or table separately published, but
shall not include any second or subsequent edition of a book unless
such edition contains additions or alterations either in the
letterpress or in the maps, prints, or other engravings belonging
thereto.

Ss.1628 rep. by 1956 c.74 s.50 sch.9

Part II (ss.29, 30) rep. by 1956 c.74 s.50 sch.9

Ss.3133 rep. by 1956 c.74 s.50 sch.9

COPYRIGHT ACT 1911 - SECT 34
Saving of compensation to certain libraries.

34. There shall continue to be charged on, and paid out of, the
Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom such annual compensation as
was immediately before the commencement of this Act payable in
pursuance of any Act as compensation to a library for the loss of
the right to receive gratuitous copies of books:

Provided that this compensation shall not be paid to a library in
any year, unless the Treasury are satisfied that the compensation
for the previous year has been applied in the purchase of books
for the use of and to be preserved in the library.

Ss.35, 36 rep. by SLR 1927; 1950 s.5 s.1(2) sch. Pt.II; 1956 c.74
s.50 sch.9

COPYRIGHT ACT 1911 - SECT 37
Short title and commencement.

37.(1) This Act may be cited as the Copyright Act, 1911.

(2) Commencement

First Schedule rep. by 1956 c.74 s.50 sch.9. Second Schedule rep.
by SLR 1927