Extracts from the Laws of Hong Kong

Chapter 528: Copyright Ordinance

Section 17

(2) Copyright expires at the end of the period of 50 years from the end of the calendar year in which the author dies ...

Section 38

(1) Fair dealing with a work for the purposes of research or private study does not infringe any copyright in the work ...

Section 39

(1) Fair dealing with a work for the purpose of criticism or review, of that or another work or of a performance of a work, if it is accompanied by a sufficient acknowledgement, does not infringe any copyright in the work ...

Please refer to the electronic version of the Laws of Hong Kong, Chapter 528 for details.