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Sponsor: Multiman155, MP
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Type: Act of Parliament
Preamble: Intellectual property rules are spread across several Acts. This bill brings them together, protects creative expression, guarantees freedom of panorama, places government works in the public domain, makes author attribution on bills optional, and protects the Azalea Isles from claims arising from Parliament's official use of existing intellectual property.
1. Short title and definitions
(a) This Act may be cited as the "Intellectual Property Act".
(b) "Person" includes an individual, company, and other legal entity. "MEA" means the Ministry of Economic Affairs.
(c) "Public entity" means the government of the Azalea Isles or any of its bodies, including Parliament, Districts, Ministries, Departments, agencies, courts, and government-owned entities.
(d) "Public domain" means free of copyright. Anyone may copy, change, publish, distribute, or sell a public-domain work without permission, payment, or credit, subject to laws other than copyright.
2. Works protected by copyright
(a) Copyright arises automatically when a work is recorded in a form that can be seen, heard, or reproduced. The work must originate within the Azalea Isles, including its build world and Discord spaces directly connected to the Isles.
(b) A work must be independently created and contain at least a small amount of creativity, which may be referred to as a modicum of creativity. Time, money, labor, skill, or collecting information alone does not qualify; mere "sweat of the brow" is not enough.
(c) Qualifying works include writing, computer code, music, drama, images, logos, recordings, films, broadcasts, page layouts, architectural designs, and buildings.
(d) Copyright protects creative expression. It does not protect facts, data, ideas, discoveries, methods, systems, or procedures. A creative selection or arrangement of facts may be protected, but the facts remain free for others to use under copyright law.
(e) Names, titles, short phrases, and colors alone are not protected. A creative combination, such as a logo, may qualify. A work's public availability alone does not place a protected work in the public domain.
(f) Derivative works shall be governed as follows:
3. Copyright ownership and use
(a) In general, the creator of a work owns that work's copyright unless a work's ownership upon publication of the work.
(b) Subject to the exceptions in this Act, the owner controls copying, adapting, distributing, publishing, publicly displaying, and publicly performing the protected expression. This includes building or pasting a copy of a protected design.
(c) Using protected expression in one of these ways without the owner's written permission infringes copyright. Independently creating a similar work does not infringe it. Permission to use a work does not by itself transfer ownership.
(d) Fair use.
4. Freedom of panorama
(a) Anyone may make, copy, edit, publish, distribute, display, and sell photographs, screenshots, videos, drawings, or other two-dimensional depictions of buildings, structures, and artwork visible from a place open to the public. This includes public interiors and views within the build world where public access is allowed.
(b) This right applies even when the work is the main subject, and to commercial and noncommercial use, including advertising, news, maps, films, and streams. No copyright permission, payment, or credit is required. A copyright notice or license cannot remove this right.
(c) This section does not authorize three-dimensional copies of buildings, structures, or artwork, pasting builds, exporting schematics, or reproducing functional redstone designs. It does not authorize trespassing, bypassing access controls, or violating another person's privacy.
5. Government works and the public domain
(a) Government works are in the public domain from creation. They include works created by a public entity and works created by its officials or employees as part of their official duties. Bills placed before Parliament and their official revisions are also to be considered government works. New works commissioned by a public entity after this Act takes effect are also government works.
(b) All copyright owned by a public entity when this Act takes effect ends at that time. Any copyright later acquired by a public entity ends upon acquisition. This includes copyright acquired through a commission or contract.
(c) A public entity cannot require copyright permission, royalties, or attribution for government works. No agreement may restore copyright in a government work or remove its public-domain status.
(d) A private work does not become a government work merely because it is filed, registered, quoted, displayed, or used by a public entity. Copyright in preexisting private material included in a government work or commission remains subject to this Act.
(e) Public-domain status does not require disclosure of confidential records or grant access to private property. Information-access, privacy, and lawful confidentiality rules still apply. Research-patent rights are governed by section 8.
6. Transfers and inheritance
(a) Copyright must be registered with the Ministry of Economic Affairs before it can be transferred between private parties. A sale or other agreed transfer must be recorded in a signed, dated agreement that identifies the work and the rights transferred. An owner may also make a recorded declaration placing registered copyright in the public domain.
(b) After legal death under the Death Act, registered copyright passes to the heirs entitled under the Inheritance and Succession Act. The estate's lawful representative may register a work before transfer. If no entitled heir can receive the copyright within 30 days after legal death, it enters the public domain.
(c) In a family division under section 6(d) of the Inheritance and Succession Act, copyright in a build follows the property on which it stands only to the extent the deceased owned that copyright. No heir receives another person's copyright.
7. Parliament: authorship and immunity
(a) Author credit on bills is optional. No parliamentary procedure, bill template, or official record may require author identification as a condition of introducing, considering, passing, publishing, or recording a bill or Act. Leaving authorship unstated does not invalidate a bill or Act. The member who introduces or sponsors a bill may still be required to be identified. Voluntary credit does not create copyright nor restrict anyone's use of a government work.
(b) No civil suit or claim arising from Parliament's use of existing intellectual property in its official work may be brought or continued against the Azalea Isles or a public entity. This immunity covers damages, compensation, and orders to prevent or undo that use, regardless of how the claim is labeled. An official-capacity suit nominally against a private party is treated as a suit against the relevant public entity.
(c) This immunity does not cover a person's private acts or a public entity's separate use outside Parliament's work. It does not transfer a private owner's rights to the public or authorize others to copy that owner's work.
8. International research patents
(a) Regalis must notify the International Trade Representative of research investment opportunities through a dedicated Parliament channel. Access is limited to the Representative and persons who require access for administration. The notice must describe the technology, its use and crafting recipe, expected development time, chance of success, and the investor's period of patent exclusivity.
(b) The Representative must promptly open an auction in the Ministry of Economic Affairs Discord with that information. The auction must last at least 72 hours, with its opening and closing times stated at the start.
(c) Individuals, businesses, and the government may bid. A business bidder must identify the business in each bid. The Prime Minister may bid for the government only after a majority of Parliament authorizes bidding and approves a budget. Each government bid must be identified and remain within that budget.
(d) If development succeeds, the winning investor receives the stated period of patent exclusivity. Research success and completion dates are not guaranteed. Delay beyond the expected development time creates no legal or contractual liability. When the exclusivity period ends, everyone must have access to the crafting recipe.
(e) Government transactions remain subject to the Government Contracts Act 2.0. Its general auction rules do not reduce the 72-hour minimum in this section.
9. Confidential information and agreements
(a) A nondisclosure agreement, or NDA, is a contract to keep specified information confidential. It must identify the information, parties, and duration of the duty in clear, agreed terms. All parties must sign and date it. Written forms include electronic documents and in-game books.
(b) An NDA meeting these requirements is enforceable and may be challenged in court. A person harmed by its breach may sue for proven losses, punitive damages where justified, and legal fees. The general rules of the Contract Establishment Act, or successor acts governing contract law, also apply.
(c) An NDA requiring a person to hide a crime is unenforceable. No person is liable for breaching an NDA or contract by a good-faith disclosure made to protect the public or national security, including through journalism or a court inquiry.
(d) Confidentiality is distinct from copyright. Information excluded from copyright may still be protected by a valid NDA. An NDA cannot create copyright nor prevent use of public-domain material obtained independently and lawfully.
10. Names and identifying marks
(a) A logo may qualify for copyright protection under section 2, but registering a company name does not itself create an exclusive intellectual property right in that name. Business registration remains governed by the Business Reform Act.
(b) The Ministry of Social Services must not register a political party with a name or code that could reasonably be confused with an already registered party. Other party-registration requirements remain under the Electoral Crimes and Registration Act.
11. Registration and ownership disputes
(a) The MEA must maintain the copyright register and ownership records. Registration is optional except where section 6 requires it. Registration is evidence of a claim, not proof that an unprotectable work qualifies.
(b) A person disputing ownership or seeking cancellation may apply to the MEA. Earlier public records or an earlier physical work may support the claim. The Minister or Deputy Minister may cancel or correct ownership on proof, after giving affected persons seven days' notice and an opportunity to appeal.
(c) An inconclusive decision or timely appeal goes to an impartial panel of three to five MEA members. Other ministers or deputy ministers may serve if fewer than three eligible MEA members are available. Either party may appeal the panel's decision once to the courts.
(d) An official must not decide a claim they own or a matter requiring recusal under the Government Corruption Act. A claim owned by the Minister or Deputy Minister starts with the panel. If an impartial panel cannot be formed, the dispute goes directly to court.
(e) A person may bring an infringement claim directly in court. Starting an MEA dispute does not extend the civil filing deadline. A court may pause a timely case while the MEA process is completed.
12. Civil enforcement and remedies
(a) Copyright infringement is a civil matter. The claimant must prove that copyright protected the expression when the alleged infringement occurred, their right to bring the claim, unauthorized use, and a basis for the requested relief by showing that each is more likely true than not. Registration is not required to sue. Conduct allowed by sections 4 or 5 is not infringement; section 7(d) bars the claims it describes.
(b) A court may award all income gained from infringing use, compensation for proven harm, additional compensation for especially serious violations or harm whose direct financial value cannot be proved, and legal fees. The same loss must not be recovered twice. The Damages Reform Act governs legal costs.
(c) For an infringing building, the court may award the reasonable value of the copied design if the copyright owner chooses it. Otherwise, it may order removal of the infringing parts. The Ministry of Urban Development must carry out that order within seven days, at the infringer's expense.
(d) A person harmed by a false copyright claim that blocks lawful access to or use of publicly available material may recover compensation and legal fees. The court sets compensation according to the harm proved.
(e) Civil filing deadlines, court powers, and appeals are governed by the Court Reformation Act. This Act creates no criminal offense. Separate crimes still require proof of their own elements; copying alone is not proof of theft or fraud.
13. Relationship to other law
(a) This Act governs copyright, the research-patent scheme, and the specific confidentiality and identifying-mark rules it states. General contract, inheritance, procurement, competition, criminal, and court law continues to apply except where this Act expressly provides otherwise.
(b) Consistent common law may supplement this Act. This Act does not limit the Constitution or the Supreme Court's power of constitutional review.
14. Repeals and amendments
(a) The following Acts are repealed:
(c) Replace section 6(d)(vi) of the Inheritance and Succession Act as follows:
(d) Replace section 2(c)(iii) of the Fair Competition Act as follows:
(e) Replace section 3(b) of the Government Contracts Act 2.0 as follows:
(f) Replace section 1(d)(i) of the Electoral Crimes and Registration Act as follows:
(g) The Parliamentary Procedure Act is amended as follows:
(h) Replace section 3(f) of the Legislative Clarity Act as follows:
(i) The Ministry Clarity Act is amended as follows:
15. Transition
(a) Existing registrations, transfers, research-patent awards, agreements, and valid orders continue under the corresponding provisions of this Act. No person shall be required register an existing valid registration again for pre-existing protection to continue. Existing patent expiry dates do not restart.
(b) Sections 2, 4, and 5 govern all uses made after commencement, including uses of older works. Government-held copyright ends under section 5 even if previously registered or transferred. No future royalty is owed merely for a use that this Act makes free. Royalties already earned and agreed payments for completed work or an earlier transfer remain payable.
(c) For matters governed by this Act, continuing administrative references to the Establish Copyright Protections Act mean the corresponding provisions of sections 1–7 and 11–12. References to the International Research Act mean section 8; references to the Authorship Protection Act mean section 7(a)–(c). Administrative instructions shall continue only to the extent consistent with this Act.
(d) Notwithstanding paragraph (c), the authorship and procedure changes in sections 7(a)–(c) and 14(g)–(i) govern steps taken after enactment of this Act, including steps on existing bills and Acts and in pending cases. In a pending case, the court must remove any person made a party solely under former section 3(f) of the Legislative Clarity Act and proceed against the Azalea Isles. These changes do not erase liability for earlier conduct nor reopen final judgments. Historical author credits need not be deleted.
Enactment: This act comes into force immediately upon Royal Assent.
Author: N/A
Type: Act of Parliament
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BILL
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ESTABLISH A UNIFIED, COHERENT INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW
BILL
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ESTABLISH A UNIFIED, COHERENT INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW
Preamble: Intellectual property rules are spread across several Acts. This bill brings them together, protects creative expression, guarantees freedom of panorama, places government works in the public domain, makes author attribution on bills optional, and protects the Azalea Isles from claims arising from Parliament's official use of existing intellectual property.
1. Short title and definitions
(a) This Act may be cited as the "Intellectual Property Act".
(b) "Person" includes an individual, company, and other legal entity. "MEA" means the Ministry of Economic Affairs.
(c) "Public entity" means the government of the Azalea Isles or any of its bodies, including Parliament, Districts, Ministries, Departments, agencies, courts, and government-owned entities.
(d) "Public domain" means free of copyright. Anyone may copy, change, publish, distribute, or sell a public-domain work without permission, payment, or credit, subject to laws other than copyright.
2. Works protected by copyright
(a) Copyright arises automatically when a work is recorded in a form that can be seen, heard, or reproduced. The work must originate within the Azalea Isles, including its build world and Discord spaces directly connected to the Isles.
(b) A work must be independently created and contain at least a small amount of creativity, which may be referred to as a modicum of creativity. Time, money, labor, skill, or collecting information alone does not qualify; mere "sweat of the brow" is not enough.
(c) Qualifying works include writing, computer code, music, drama, images, logos, recordings, films, broadcasts, page layouts, architectural designs, and buildings.
(d) Copyright protects creative expression. It does not protect facts, data, ideas, discoveries, methods, systems, or procedures. A creative selection or arrangement of facts may be protected, but the facts remain free for others to use under copyright law.
(e) Names, titles, short phrases, and colors alone are not protected. A creative combination, such as a logo, may qualify. A work's public availability alone does not place a protected work in the public domain.
(f) Derivative works shall be governed as follows:
(i) A derivative work adapts one or more existing works, such as a translation, remix, or revised building design. For a derivative work, the originality requirement in paragraph (b) applies to the creator's new contribution.
(ii) Copyright in a derivative work covers only its new creative expression. It does not extend to preexisting material nor change the ownership, scope, or duration of copyright in that material. Public-domain material remains in the public domain.
(iii) Copyright in the new contribution does not authorize use of protected expression from the original work. That use requires the owner's written permission unless an exception in this Act applies, including freedom of panorama under section 4.
(g) Copyright terms shall be governed as follows:(i) Copyright in architectural works and buildings, including architectural plans and designs, shall last one calendar year. Copyright in all other works, including photographs and recordings of buildings, shall last six calendar months.
(ii) The copyright term runs from the later of the work's first publication or the date this Act takes effect. It expires on the corresponding date in the month of expiry, or on that month's last day if there is no corresponding date. Before publication, copyright continues under paragraph (a), subject to the other provisions of this Act.
(iii) For this paragraph, publication means first making the work available to the public by or with the copyright owner's permission. This includes sharing copies, public display or performance, and making a building or its design visible from a place open to the public. Publication of a design in any form counts as publication of that design.
(iv) Registration, transfer, inheritance, republication, or reproducing a work in another form does not restart or extend its copyright term.
(v) When the copyright term expires, the work enters the public domain.
(vi) Expiry does not erase liability for infringement committed while copyright was in force. No continuing copyright order may prevent a use made lawful by expiry.
3. Copyright ownership and use
(a) In general, the creator of a work owns that work's copyright unless a work's ownership upon publication of the work.
(b) Subject to the exceptions in this Act, the owner controls copying, adapting, distributing, publishing, publicly displaying, and publicly performing the protected expression. This includes building or pasting a copy of a protected design.
(c) Using protected expression in one of these ways without the owner's written permission infringes copyright. Independently creating a similar work does not infringe it. Permission to use a work does not by itself transfer ownership.
(d) Fair use.
(i) Fair use of a copyrighted work, including for criticism, commentary, parody, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, or research, is not infringement and requires no copyright permission or royalties.
(ii) A court must consider the purpose and character of the use, including its commercial nature and whether it serves a different purpose or adds new meaning; the nature of the original work; the amount and importance of the material used; and the effect on the actual or potential market for, or value of, the original work.
(iii) The court must weigh these factors together. No factor or listed purpose automatically establishes fair use. Commercial use or the original work's unpublished status alone does not rule out fair use.
(iv) This paragraph does not limit freedom of panorama under section 4, use of public-domain material, or any other exception in this Act.
4. Freedom of panorama
(a) Anyone may make, copy, edit, publish, distribute, display, and sell photographs, screenshots, videos, drawings, or other two-dimensional depictions of buildings, structures, and artwork visible from a place open to the public. This includes public interiors and views within the build world where public access is allowed.
(b) This right applies even when the work is the main subject, and to commercial and noncommercial use, including advertising, news, maps, films, and streams. No copyright permission, payment, or credit is required. A copyright notice or license cannot remove this right.
(c) This section does not authorize three-dimensional copies of buildings, structures, or artwork, pasting builds, exporting schematics, or reproducing functional redstone designs. It does not authorize trespassing, bypassing access controls, or violating another person's privacy.
5. Government works and the public domain
(a) Government works are in the public domain from creation. They include works created by a public entity and works created by its officials or employees as part of their official duties. Bills placed before Parliament and their official revisions are also to be considered government works. New works commissioned by a public entity after this Act takes effect are also government works.
(b) All copyright owned by a public entity when this Act takes effect ends at that time. Any copyright later acquired by a public entity ends upon acquisition. This includes copyright acquired through a commission or contract.
(c) A public entity cannot require copyright permission, royalties, or attribution for government works. No agreement may restore copyright in a government work or remove its public-domain status.
(d) A private work does not become a government work merely because it is filed, registered, quoted, displayed, or used by a public entity. Copyright in preexisting private material included in a government work or commission remains subject to this Act.
(e) Public-domain status does not require disclosure of confidential records or grant access to private property. Information-access, privacy, and lawful confidentiality rules still apply. Research-patent rights are governed by section 8.
6. Transfers and inheritance
(a) Copyright must be registered with the Ministry of Economic Affairs before it can be transferred between private parties. A sale or other agreed transfer must be recorded in a signed, dated agreement that identifies the work and the rights transferred. An owner may also make a recorded declaration placing registered copyright in the public domain.
(b) After legal death under the Death Act, registered copyright passes to the heirs entitled under the Inheritance and Succession Act. The estate's lawful representative may register a work before transfer. If no entitled heir can receive the copyright within 30 days after legal death, it enters the public domain.
(c) In a family division under section 6(d) of the Inheritance and Succession Act, copyright in a build follows the property on which it stands only to the extent the deceased owned that copyright. No heir receives another person's copyright.
7. Parliament: authorship and immunity
(a) Author credit on bills is optional. No parliamentary procedure, bill template, or official record may require author identification as a condition of introducing, considering, passing, publishing, or recording a bill or Act. Leaving authorship unstated does not invalidate a bill or Act. The member who introduces or sponsors a bill may still be required to be identified. Voluntary credit does not create copyright nor restrict anyone's use of a government work.
(b) No civil suit or claim arising from Parliament's use of existing intellectual property in its official work may be brought or continued against the Azalea Isles or a public entity. This immunity covers damages, compensation, and orders to prevent or undo that use, regardless of how the claim is labeled. An official-capacity suit nominally against a private party is treated as a suit against the relevant public entity.
(c) This immunity does not cover a person's private acts or a public entity's separate use outside Parliament's work. It does not transfer a private owner's rights to the public or authorize others to copy that owner's work.
8. International research patents
(a) Regalis must notify the International Trade Representative of research investment opportunities through a dedicated Parliament channel. Access is limited to the Representative and persons who require access for administration. The notice must describe the technology, its use and crafting recipe, expected development time, chance of success, and the investor's period of patent exclusivity.
(b) The Representative must promptly open an auction in the Ministry of Economic Affairs Discord with that information. The auction must last at least 72 hours, with its opening and closing times stated at the start.
(c) Individuals, businesses, and the government may bid. A business bidder must identify the business in each bid. The Prime Minister may bid for the government only after a majority of Parliament authorizes bidding and approves a budget. Each government bid must be identified and remain within that budget.
(d) If development succeeds, the winning investor receives the stated period of patent exclusivity. Research success and completion dates are not guaranteed. Delay beyond the expected development time creates no legal or contractual liability. When the exclusivity period ends, everyone must have access to the crafting recipe.
(e) Government transactions remain subject to the Government Contracts Act 2.0. Its general auction rules do not reduce the 72-hour minimum in this section.
9. Confidential information and agreements
(a) A nondisclosure agreement, or NDA, is a contract to keep specified information confidential. It must identify the information, parties, and duration of the duty in clear, agreed terms. All parties must sign and date it. Written forms include electronic documents and in-game books.
(b) An NDA meeting these requirements is enforceable and may be challenged in court. A person harmed by its breach may sue for proven losses, punitive damages where justified, and legal fees. The general rules of the Contract Establishment Act, or successor acts governing contract law, also apply.
(c) An NDA requiring a person to hide a crime is unenforceable. No person is liable for breaching an NDA or contract by a good-faith disclosure made to protect the public or national security, including through journalism or a court inquiry.
(d) Confidentiality is distinct from copyright. Information excluded from copyright may still be protected by a valid NDA. An NDA cannot create copyright nor prevent use of public-domain material obtained independently and lawfully.
10. Names and identifying marks
(a) A logo may qualify for copyright protection under section 2, but registering a company name does not itself create an exclusive intellectual property right in that name. Business registration remains governed by the Business Reform Act.
(b) The Ministry of Social Services must not register a political party with a name or code that could reasonably be confused with an already registered party. Other party-registration requirements remain under the Electoral Crimes and Registration Act.
11. Registration and ownership disputes
(a) The MEA must maintain the copyright register and ownership records. Registration is optional except where section 6 requires it. Registration is evidence of a claim, not proof that an unprotectable work qualifies.
(b) A person disputing ownership or seeking cancellation may apply to the MEA. Earlier public records or an earlier physical work may support the claim. The Minister or Deputy Minister may cancel or correct ownership on proof, after giving affected persons seven days' notice and an opportunity to appeal.
(c) An inconclusive decision or timely appeal goes to an impartial panel of three to five MEA members. Other ministers or deputy ministers may serve if fewer than three eligible MEA members are available. Either party may appeal the panel's decision once to the courts.
(d) An official must not decide a claim they own or a matter requiring recusal under the Government Corruption Act. A claim owned by the Minister or Deputy Minister starts with the panel. If an impartial panel cannot be formed, the dispute goes directly to court.
(e) A person may bring an infringement claim directly in court. Starting an MEA dispute does not extend the civil filing deadline. A court may pause a timely case while the MEA process is completed.
12. Civil enforcement and remedies
(a) Copyright infringement is a civil matter. The claimant must prove that copyright protected the expression when the alleged infringement occurred, their right to bring the claim, unauthorized use, and a basis for the requested relief by showing that each is more likely true than not. Registration is not required to sue. Conduct allowed by sections 4 or 5 is not infringement; section 7(d) bars the claims it describes.
(b) A court may award all income gained from infringing use, compensation for proven harm, additional compensation for especially serious violations or harm whose direct financial value cannot be proved, and legal fees. The same loss must not be recovered twice. The Damages Reform Act governs legal costs.
(c) For an infringing building, the court may award the reasonable value of the copied design if the copyright owner chooses it. Otherwise, it may order removal of the infringing parts. The Ministry of Urban Development must carry out that order within seven days, at the infringer's expense.
(d) A person harmed by a false copyright claim that blocks lawful access to or use of publicly available material may recover compensation and legal fees. The court sets compensation according to the harm proved.
(e) Civil filing deadlines, court powers, and appeals are governed by the Court Reformation Act. This Act creates no criminal offense. Separate crimes still require proof of their own elements; copying alone is not proof of theft or fraud.
13. Relationship to other law
(a) This Act governs copyright, the research-patent scheme, and the specific confidentiality and identifying-mark rules it states. General contract, inheritance, procurement, competition, criminal, and court law continues to apply except where this Act expressly provides otherwise.
(b) Consistent common law may supplement this Act. This Act does not limit the Constitution or the Supreme Court's power of constitutional review.
14. Repeals and amendments
(a) The following Acts are repealed:
(i) The Establish Copyright Protections Act;
(ii) The International Research Act; and
(iii) The Authorship Protection Act.
(b) The Contract Establishment Act is amended as follows:(i) Replace section 1(b) as follows:
(ii) Replace section 3 as follows:
(iii) In the heading of section 4 and in section 4(a), delete "or NDA" as follows:
(iv) In the heading of section 5 and in sections 5(a) and 5(c), replace "Contracts and NDAs" with "Contracts" as follows:
(v) Replace section 6 as follows:
(c) Replace section 6(d)(vi) of the Inheritance and Succession Act as follows:
(d) Replace section 2(c)(iii) of the Fair Competition Act as follows:
(e) Replace section 3(b) of the Government Contracts Act 2.0 as follows:
(f) Replace section 1(d)(i) of the Electoral Crimes and Registration Act as follows:
(g) The Parliamentary Procedure Act is amended as follows:
(i) At the end of section 4(b), add the following:
(ii) Replace section 5(b) as follows:
(iii) In the bill Template, first post, replace the author field as follows. The Speaker must update the displayed template accordingly:
(h) Replace section 3(f) of the Legislative Clarity Act as follows:
(i) The Ministry Clarity Act is amended as follows:
(i) Replace section 3(d) as follows:
(ii) Replace section 3(e) as follows:
15. Transition
(a) Existing registrations, transfers, research-patent awards, agreements, and valid orders continue under the corresponding provisions of this Act. No person shall be required register an existing valid registration again for pre-existing protection to continue. Existing patent expiry dates do not restart.
(b) Sections 2, 4, and 5 govern all uses made after commencement, including uses of older works. Government-held copyright ends under section 5 even if previously registered or transferred. No future royalty is owed merely for a use that this Act makes free. Royalties already earned and agreed payments for completed work or an earlier transfer remain payable.
(c) For matters governed by this Act, continuing administrative references to the Establish Copyright Protections Act mean the corresponding provisions of sections 1–7 and 11–12. References to the International Research Act mean section 8; references to the Authorship Protection Act mean section 7(a)–(c). Administrative instructions shall continue only to the extent consistent with this Act.
(d) Notwithstanding paragraph (c), the authorship and procedure changes in sections 7(a)–(c) and 14(g)–(i) govern steps taken after enactment of this Act, including steps on existing bills and Acts and in pending cases. In a pending case, the court must remove any person made a party solely under former section 3(f) of the Legislative Clarity Act and proceed against the Azalea Isles. These changes do not erase liability for earlier conduct nor reopen final judgments. Historical author credits need not be deleted.
Enactment: This act comes into force immediately upon Royal Assent.
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