Section 5
Section 5
(1)
In this Order –
“dramatic work” includes a work of dance or mime;
“literary work” means any work, other than a dramatic or musical work, which is written, spoken or sung, and includes –
(a)
a computer program; and
(b)
a table or compilation of data or other material, whether in machine readable or other form, original by reason of the selection or arrangement of its contents;
“musical work” means a work consisting of music, exclusive of any words or action intended to be sung, spoken or performed with the music.
(2)
Copyright does not subsist in a literary, dramatic or musical work unless and until it has been recorded, in writing or otherwise; and references in this Part to the time at which such a work was made are to the time at which it was so recorded.
(3)
It is immaterial for the purpose of subsection (2) whether the work was recorded by or with the permission of the author; and where it was not recorded by the author, nothing in that subsection affects the question whether copyright subsists in the record as distinct from the work recorded.
Incorporating amendments until S 92/2013
(Clean copy) NORHASNANI /fiqah/Muslim as of 16th July 2020
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BLUV as at 24th December 2013
Artistic works.