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| (1) The rights protected under this Part shall be owned in the first instance by the author or authors who created the work. The authors of a work of joint author- ship shall be co-owners of the said rights. |
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| (2) In the absence of proof to the contrary, the author of a work is the person under whose name the work is disclosed. |
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| (3) In the case of a work created by an author for any person or body of persons corporate or unincorporate in the course of his employment under a contract of service, or of a work commissioned from the author by such person or body of persons, the rights mentioned in section 10 shall, in the absence of contractual provisions to the contrary, be deemed to be transferred to the employer or to the person commissioning the work. |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts