Revised Laws of Saint Lucia (2021)

71.   Copying of unpublished work

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    (1)   Subject to subsection (2), the librarian of a prescribed library or archive may, if the prescribed conditions are complied with, make and supply a copy of the whole or part of a literary, dramatic or musical work from a document in the library or archive without infringing any copyright in the work or in any illustrations accompanying it.

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    (2)   Subsection (1) shall not apply where—

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      (a)     the work is published at the time when the copies are made; or

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      (b)     the copyright owner has prohibited copying of the work, and at the time of the making of the copy the librarian ought to have been aware of that fact.

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    (3)   The prescribed conditions shall include the following—

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      (a)     that copies are supplied only to persons satisfying the librarian that they require them for purposes of research or private study and will not use them for any other purpose;

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      (b)     that a person is not furnished with any more than one copy of the same material; and

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      (c)     that person to whom copies are supplied are required to pay for them a sum not less than the cost (including a contribution to the general expenses of the library or archive) attributable to their production.

Exceptions Relating to Public Administration