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Photographs. By the (English) Copyright Act, 1911, s. 5, the author of a work is the first owner of the copyright therein, but where in the case of a photograph the plate or other original was ordered by some other person, and was made for valuable consideration in pursuance of that order, then, in the absence of any agreement to the contrary, the person by whom such plate or other original was ordered will be the first owner of the copyright; and such person can restrain the public sale of his photographic likeness, Pollard v. Photographic Co., (1888) 40 Ch D 345. The period for which copyright in photographs sbsists is fifty years from the making of the original negative (s. 21). 'photograph' includes photo-lithograph and any work produced by any process analogous to photography (s. 35). See COPYRIGHT.

It is a misdemeanour to send indecent matter, including photographs, through the post. [(Eng-lish) Post Office Act, 1908, s. 63, as amended by the (English) Post Office Act, 1935, s. 13 and 1st Sch.]

Photographing or sketching a judge, magistrate, coroner or any litigant, juror, etc., in Court or its precincts is an offence under the (English) Criminal Justice Act, 1925, s. 4, and as to prohibited places, see the (English) Official Secrets Acts, 1911 and 1920.

As to taking photographs of criminals, see (English) PREVENTION OF CRIMES ACT, 1871.