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 irrespective of whether or not the works under (1) to (7) are of artistic value, and shall also include a photograph or diagram of such a work;

"musical work" means a work relating to [a piece of] music which is composed for playing or singing, whether having both melody and lyrics or having only the melody, and shall include a musical notation or musical chart which has been separated and arranged musically;

"audiovisual work" means a work which consists of a sequence of pictures recorded onto an object of whatever form which can be replayed using an instrument necessary for the use thereof, and shall also include the soundtrack of such work, if any;

"film" means an audiovisual work which consists of a sequence of pictures which can be screened continuously as moving pictures or can be recorded onto a different kind of object in order to be screened continuously as moving pictures, and shall also include the soundtrack of such film, if any;

"sound recording" means a work which consists of a sequence of musical sounds, sounds of performance, or any other sounds recorded onto an object of whatever form which can be replayed using an instrument necessary for the use thereof, but this shall not include the soundtrack of a film or the soundtrack of [any] other kind of audiovisual work;

"performer" means actor, musician, singer, nakten, nakram, or person who makes gestures, sings, makes utterances, does dubbing, or performs according to a script or in any other manner;

"broadcast" means a work which is issued to the public by transmission of sound through radio broadcasting, transmission of sound and picture through television broadcasting, or by any other similar means;

"reproduce" includes copying by whatever means, imitating, duplicating, producing a printing template of, recording the sound of, recording the picture of, or recording the sound and picture of the original, of a copy, or of a publication, in its essential part, whether in whole or in part; in relation to a computer program, it shall also include copying or duplicating a computer program in its essential part from any recording medium and by whatever means, without the characteristic of making a new work, whether in whole or in part;

"adapt" means to reproduce by converting, improving, editing, or replicating an original work in its essential part, without the characteristic of making a new work, whether in whole or in part;