No. 59 of 1976
A LAW TO MAKE PROVISION IN RESPECT OF COPYRIGHT AND FOR MATTERS CONNECTED THEREWITH
(3rd December, 1976)
The House of Representatives enacts as follows:
Short title. 1. This Law may be cited as the Copyright Law, 1976.
Interpretation. 2.—(1) In this Law, unless the context otherwise requires—
"adaptation" includes any of the following—
- (a) in relation to a literary work
- (i) in the case of a non-dramatic work, a version of the work (whether in its original language or a different language) in which it is converted into a dramatic work ;
- (ii) in the case of a dramatic work, a version of the work (whether in its original language or a different language) in which it is converted into a non-dramatic work:
- (iii) a translation of the work;
- (iv) a version of the work in which the story and action are conveyed wholly or mainly by means of pictures in a form suitable for reproduction in a book, newspaper, magazine or similar periodical; and
- (b) in relation to a musical work, an arrangement or transcription of the work;
"artistic work" means, irrespective of artistic quality, any of the following, or works similar thereto—
- (a) paintings, drawings, etchings, lithographs, woodcuts, engravings and prints;
- (b) maps, plans and diagrams;
- (c) works of sculpture;
- (d) photographs not comprised in a cinematograph film;
- (e) works of architecture in the form of buildings or models;
- (f) works of artistic craftsmanship not falling within any of the preceding paragraphs,
and subject to the provision of subsection (3) of section 3, includes pictorial woven tissues and articles of applied handicraft and Industrial art;
"author" in the case of a cinematograph film or sound recording, means the person by whom the arrangements for the making of the film or recording were undertaken, or in the case of a broadcast transmitted from within a country, means the person by whom the arrangements for the making of the(3)
