Copyright and Related Rights Act, 2000
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Chapter 18 Qualification for Copyright Protection | ||
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Qualification for copyright protection: general. |
182.—(1) Copyright shall not subsist in a work unless the qualification requirements of this Chapter are satisfied in relation to— | |
(a) the author in section 183 , | ||
(b) the country, territory, state or area in which the work was first lawfully made available to the public in section 184 , | ||
(c) in the case of a broadcast or a cable programme, the country, territory, state or area from which the broadcast was made or from which the programme was sent in section 186 . | ||
(2) Subsection (1) shall not apply in relation to the Government or the Oireachtas or to the copyright of prescribed international organisations. | ||
(3) Where the qualification requirements specified in this Chapter or in section 191 , 193 or 196 are satisfied on one occasion in relation to a work, the copyright in the work shall not cease to subsist by reason of any subsequent event. |