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[Pt. I, S. 3]
COPYRIGHT
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“educational institution” shall have the same meaning as assigned to it in the 43/61.Education Act 1961;

“film” means any fixation of a sequence of visual images on material of any description, whether translucent or not, so as to be capable by use of that material with or without any assistance of any contrivance—

(a) of being shown as a moving picture; or
(b) of being recorded on other material, whether translucent or not by the use of which it can be so shown,

and includes the sounds embodied in any sound-track associated with a film;

“fixation” means the embodiment of sounds, images or both in a material form sufficiently permanent or stable to permit them to be perceived, reproduced or otherwise communicated during a period of more than transitory duration;

“future copyright” means copyright which will or may come into existence in respect of any future works or class of works or other subject matter, or on the coming into operation of any provision of this Act, or in any future event;

“Government” means the Government of Malaysia or the Government of any State;

“infringing copy” means any reproduction of any work eligible for copyright under this Act, the making of which constitutes an infringement of the copyright in the work;

“licence” means a lawfully granted licence in writing, permitting the doing of an act controlled by copyright;

“licensing body” means a society, firm or other organization which has as its main object, or one of its main objects, the negotiation or granting of licences in respect of copyright works, and includes an individual carrying on the same activity;