Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00854:section:81
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81  Works of joint authorship published under pseudonyms
 (1) This section applies to a work of joint authorship that was first published under 2 or more names of which one was a pseudonym or 2 or more (but not all) were pseudonyms.
 (2) This section also applies to a work of joint authorship that was first published under 2 or more names all of which were pseudonyms if, at any time within 70 years after the end of the calendar year in which the work was first published, the identity of one or more (but not all) of the authors was generally known.
 (3) A reference in any of the provisions mentioned in subsection (3A) to the author of the work is taken to be a reference to:
 (a) the author whose identity was disclosed; or
 (b) if the identity of 2 or more of the authors was disclosed—whichever of those authors died last.
 (3A) The provisions are as follows:
 (a) item 1 or 2 of the table in subsection 33(2);
 (b) item 1 of the table in subsection 33(3).
 (4) For the purposes of this section, the identity of an author shall be deemed to have been disclosed if:
 (a) one of the names under which the work was published was the name of that author; or
 (b) the identity of that author is generally known.