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Copyright in published editions of works.
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20.—(1) Subject to the provisions of this Act, copyright shall subsist in every published edition of any one or more literary, dramatic or musical works where either—
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(a) the first publication of the edition took place in the State, or
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(b) the publisher of the edition was a qualified person at the date of the first publication thereof.
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(2) Copyright shall not subsist in an edition which reproduces the typographical arrangement of a previous edition of the same work or works.
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(3) Subject to the provisions of this Act, the publisher of an edition shall be entitled to any copyright subsisting therein by virtue of this section
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(4) Copyright subsisting in a published edition by virtue of this section shall continue to subsist until the end of the period of twenty-five years from the end of the year in which the edition is first published.
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(5) The act restricted by the copyright subsisting in a published edition by virtue of this section is the making, by any photographic or similar process, of a reproduction of the typographical arrangement of the edition.
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(6) The making, by any such process as aforesaid, of a reproduction of the typographical arrangement of the edition for the purposes of research or private study involving the work contained in the edition, shall not constitute an infringement of the copyright subsisting in the edition by virtue of this section.
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