Section 23
Infringement by making adaptation, etc.
(1)
The making of an adaptation of a work is an act restricted by the copyright in a literary, dramatic or musical work. For this purpose, an adaptation is made when it is recorded, in writing or otherwise.
(2)
The doing of any of the acts specified in sections 19 to 22, or in subsection (1)
of this section, in relation to an adaptation of a work, is an act restricted by the copyright in a literary, dramatic or musical work. For this purpose, it is immaterial whether the adaptation had been recorded, in writing or otherwise, at the time the act was done.
(3)
In this Order, adaptation –
(a)
in relation to a literary or dramatic work, means –
(i)
a translation of the work;
(ii)
a version of a dramatic work in which it is converted into a non-dramatic work or, as the case may be, of a non-dramatic work in which it is converted into a dramatic work; or
(iii)
a version of the work in which the story or action is conveyed wholly or mainly by means of pictures in a form suitable for reproduction in a book, or in a newspaper, magazine or similar periodical;
(b)
in relation to a musical work, means an arrangement or transcription of the work.
(4)
In relation to a computer program, a translation includes a version of the program in which it is converted into or out of a computer language, code or notation or into a
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different computer language, code or notation, otherwise than incidentally in the course of running the program.
(5)
No inference shall be drawn from this section as to what does and does not amount to copying a work.
Infringement by communicating to public.