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intends to produce the work and an estimate of the number of
copies he initially intends to sell;
(d) the ordinary selling price of the copies the manufacturer
intends to reproduce and the amount of royalty payable in respect
of them; and
(e) the earliest date on which any of the copies may be
available for sale.
(4) The manufacturer shall, within ninety days after he has sent
the notice referred to in subsection (3), pay royalties to the owner of
the copyright and shall have affixed to each copy of the sound
recording made by him an adhesive label issued by the Society as
evidence of the payment.
(5) The royalty payable by the manufacturer under subsection (4)
shall be an amount not less than ten per centum of the ordinary retail
selling price of each copy of the sound recording or its similar
adaptation.
(6) It shall be an infringement of copyright where the
manufacturer exhibits for sale or sells, without the adhesive label
referred to in subsection (4) affixed thereto, any copy of a sound
recording or its similar adaptation made by him under this section.
PART VII__EXPRESSIONS OF FOLKLORE
67.__(1) Copyright in expressions of folklore shall vest in
perpetuity in the Government on behalf of, and for the benefit of the
people of Malawi.
(2) The provisions of this Part shall apply whether or not the
expressions of folklore are fixed in material form.
Right in
expressions
of folklore to
vest in
Government
(3) Expressions of folklore shall be protected in perpetuity.
68. The following uses of the expressions of folklore shall be
subject to prior written authorization by the Minister when they are
made for gainful purposes or outside their traditional and customary
context__
Certain uses
of
expressions
of folklore to
be subject to
authorization
(a) any publication, reproduction and any distribution of copies
of expressions of folklore; or
(b) any communication to the public, including recitation,
performance, broadcasting or distribution by cable, of
expressions of folklore.
69. The provisions of section 68 shall not apply to any use of
the expressions of folklore in the following cases__
Free uses of
expressions
of folklore