Section 98
Ownership of copyright in cinematograph films
ActIn forceProvision 167 of 348
Section 98
(1)
This section shall have effect subject to Part X.
(2)
Subject to subsection (3), the maker of a cinematograph film is the owner of any copyright subsisting in the film by virtue of this Part.
(3)
Where —
(a)
a person makes, for valuable consideration, an agreement with another person for the making of a cinematograph film by the other person; and
(b)
the film is made in pursuance of the agreement,the first-mentioned person is, in the absence of any agreement to the contrary, the owner of any copyright subsisting in the film by virtue of this Part.[Aust. 1968, s. 98]