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COPYRIGHT IN UNITED KINGDOM AND PROTECTORATES 657
America, in like manner as if the authors had been British subjects; (b) In respect of residence in the United States of America, in like manner as if such residence had been residence in the parts of His Majesty’s Dominions to which the said Act extends.”
The Order further provides that the enjoyment of the rights given by the Order shall be subject to the accomplishment of the conditions and formalities prescribed by the law of the United States, and that the term of copyright shall not exceed that conferred by the American law.
Under this Order in Council a citizen of or resident in the United States is entitled to the benefits of the English Copyright Law of all his unpublished works composed by him while he was such citizen or resident, provided he has complied with the conditions and formalities prescribed by the United States Copyright Laws.
As soon as that formality has been complied with by the author of any American work he becomes vested with the rights secured by the English Copyright Law in unpublished works.
It is not necessary for him to take any steps or comply writh any formalities whatever in Great Britain.
It is to be remembered, however, that the right thus secured will continue in effect only as long as the work remains unpublished.
As soon as the work is published in the United States, the benefits of the English Copyright Law will be lost unless the work is simultaneously published in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, or in such other parts of the British Dominions to which the 1911 Act