Notifying Member

_Hong Kong, China_

Details of the notified legal text

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Title

Copyright (Designation of Libraries, Museums and Archives for Purposes of Section 118(2FA)(b)) Notice (L.N. 93 of 2025)

Subject matter

Copyright and related rights_

Nature of notification

[X]     Main dedicated intellectual property law or regulation_

[  ]    Other law or regulation_

Link to legal text[*]

https://ip-documents.info/2025/IP/HKG/25_05367_00_e.pdf

Notification status

[X]     First notification

[  ]    Amendment or revision to notified legal text

[  ]_    Replacement or consolidation of notified legal text(s)

Previous notification(s) referred to

Not applicable

Brief description of the notified legal text

_Enactment of new subsidiary legislation under the Copyright Ordinance (Cap. 528)

To designate 25 eligible libraries, museums and archives as qualifying for a conditional statutory exemption from the criminal liability of the business end-user offence concerning possession of infringing copies of any of the four specified categories of copyright works (namely movies, television dramas, musical sound recordings or musical visual recordings) for use in business.

Language(s) of notified legal text

English

Entry into force

18 July 2025

Other date

Notification details

Submission date of notification

31 July 2025

Other information

Agency or authority responsible

Intellectual Property Department

Government of Hong Kong, China

Telephone:       (852) 2961 6901

Fax:                 (852) 2574 9102

Email:      enquiry@ipd.gov.hk