Literary works set to music

Literary works set to music whose reproduction, distribution and communication to the public was permitted without the author’s consent in accordance with section 20 of the Act on Copyright in Works of Literature and of Musical Art (Gesetz betreffend das Urheberrecht an Werken der Literatur und der Tonkunst) of 19 June 1901 (Reich Law Gazette, p. 227), as amended by the Act Implementing the revised Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works (Gesetz zur Ausführung der revidierten Berner Übereinkunft zum Schutze von Werken der Literatur und Kunst) of 22 May 1910 (Reich Law Gazette, p. 793), may continue to be reproduced, distributed and communicated to the public in the same measure if the setting to music of the work was released before the entry into force of this Act.