Page:Copyright Act 1978 from Government Gazette.djvu/6

GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 30 JUNE 1978

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“rebroadcasting” means the simultaneous or subsequent broadcasting by one broadcasting organization of the broadcast of another broadcasting organization; (xii)

“record” means any disc, tape, perforated roll or other device in or on which sounds are embodied so as to be capable of being automatically reproduced therefrom or performed; (xxiii)

“Registrar” means the Registrar of Copyright, who shall be the person appointed as Registrar of Patents under section 7 of the Patents Act, 1978; (xxix)

“regulation” means a regulation made under this Act; (xxx)

“reproduction”, in relation to―

a literary or musical work or a broadcast, includes a reproduction in the form of a record or a cinematograph film;

an artistic work, includes a version produced by converting the work into a three-dimensional form or, if it is in three dimensions, by converting it into a two-dimensional form;

and references to “reproduce” and “reproducing” shall be construed accordingly; (xxxi)

“satellite” means any device in extra-terrestrial space capable of transmitting signals; (xxxiii)

“signal” means an electronically generated carrier capable of transmitting programmes; (xxxiv)

“sculpture” includes any cast or model made for purposes of sculpture; (v)

“sound recording” means the direct exclusively aural fixation of sounds of a performance or of other sounds capable of being reproduced, but does not include a sound-track associated with a cinematograph film; (xiv)

“this Act” includes the regulations; (xiii)

“work of joint authorship” means a work produced by the collaboration of two or more authors in which the contribution of each author is not separable from the contribution of the other author or authors; (xlvii)

“writing” includes any form of notation, whether by hand or by printing, typewriting or any similar process. (xxxvi)

(2) Any reference in this Act to a sound-track associated with a cinematograph film shall be construed as a reference to any record of sounds which is incorporated in any print, negative, tape or other article on which the film or part of it, in so far as it consists of visual images, is recorded or which is issued by the author of the film for use in conjunction with such an article.

(3) The provisions of this Act shall with reference to any act or omission outside the territorial limits of the Republic by or on any ship or aircraft registered under any law in the Republic apply in the same manner as it applies with reference to acts or omissions within the territorial limits of the Republic.

CHAPTER 1

2. (1) Subject to the provisions of this Act, the following works shall be eligible for copyright―

literary works; musical works; artistic works; cinematograph films, to which are assimilated works expressed by a process analogous to cinematography; sound recordings; broadcasts; programme-carrying signals.

(2) A literary, musical or artistic work shall not be eligible for copyright unless―