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 7. CANADIAN COPYRIGHT MEASURE, I9II

An Act Respecting Copyright

1. This Act may be cited as The Copyright Act, igii. Short title

INTERPRETATION

2. In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires, — Definitions: "Minister" means the Minister of Agriculture; "Minister" "Department" means the Department of Agriculture; "Depart-

" legal representatives" includes heirs, executors, ad- ment"

ministrators and assigns, or other legal representa- ^^* ^

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tives; ti^gg,,

literary work" includes maps, charts, plans, and tables; "Literary"

"dramatic work" includes any piece for recitation, cho- and other reographic work or entertainment in dumb show, the works scenic arrangement or acting form of which is fixed in writing or otherwise, and any cinematograph produc- tion where the arrangement or acting form or the com- bination of incidents represented give the work an original character;

"literary work," "dramatic work" and "musical work" includes records, perforated rolls or other contrivances by means of which a work may be mechanically per- formed or delivered ;

"artistic work" includes works of painting, drawing, sculpture and artistic craftsmanship, and architec- tural works of art, and engravings and photographs ;

"work of sculpture" includes casts and models;

"architectural work of art" means any building or struc- ture having an artistic character or design, in respect of such character or design, but not in respect of the processes or methods of its construction ;

"engravings" include etchings, lithographs, wood-cuts, "Engrav- prints and other similar works, not being photographs ; ings"

"photograph" includes photo-lithograph and any work "Photo- produced by any process analogous to photography ; graph "