Copyright Ordinance, 1962 — section 3

3. Meaning of Copyright..—(1) For the purposes of this Ordinance, “copyright” means the exclusive right, by virtue of, and subject to the provisions of, this Ordinance,

(a)in the case of a literary, dramatic or musical work, to do and authorize the doing of any of the following acts, namely: 1 Ins. by Ordinance No. LIII of 2000, s. 2.

(i)to reproduce the work in any material form;

(ii)to publish the work;

(iii)to perform the work in public;

(iv)to produce, reproduce, perform or publish any translation of the work;

(v)to use the mark in a cinematographic work or make a record in respect of the work; 1 [(vi) to broadcast the work, or to communicate the broadcast of the work to the public by a loudspeaker or any other similar instrument;]

(vii)to make any adaptation of the work;

(viii)to do in relation to a translation or an adaptation of the work any of the acts specified in relation to the work in sub-clauses (i) to (vi); 2 [(ix) to authorize the rental of computer programmes;]

(b)in the case of an artistic work, to do or authorize the doing of any of the following acts, namely:

(i)to reproduce the work in any material form;

(ii)to publish the work;

(iii)to use the work in a cinematographic work;

(iv)to show the work in television;

(v)to make any adaptation of the work;

(vi)to do in relation to an adaptation of the work any of the acts specified in relation to the work in sub-clauses (i) to (iv);

(c)in the case of a cinematographic work, to do or authorize the doing of any of the following acts, namely:

(i)to make a copy of the work;

(ii)to cause the work in so far as it consists of visual images, to be seen in public and, in so far as it consists of sounds, to be heard in public;

(iii)to make any record embodying the recording in any part of the sound track associated with the work by utilising such sound track; 1 Subs. by Act No. XX of 1992, s. 3. 2 Added by Ordinance No. LIII of 2000, s. 3. 1 [(iv) to broadcast the work;] 2 [(v) to authorize the rental of cinematographic works;]

(d)in the case of a record, to do or authorize the doing of any of the following acts by utilizing the record, namely:

(i)to make any other record embodying the same recording;

(ii)to use the record in the sound track of a cinematographic work;

(iii)to cause the recording embodied in the record to be heard in public;

(iv)to communicate the recording embodied in the record by 1[broadcast].

(2)Any reference in sub-section(1) to the doing of any act in relation to a work or a translation or an adaptation thereof shall include a reference to the doing of that act in relation to a part thereof. 2 [(3) Entitlement to copyright in compilation of data or other material shall not extent to data or other material itself and shall be without prejudice to any copyright subsisting in the data or other material, that is to say, the copyright shall subsist to the extent of compilation only.]