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38 :: relation to the first-mentioned work in sub‑paragraphs (i) to (vi); and
 * (b) in the case of an artistic work, to do all or any of the following acts:
 * (i) to reproduce the work in a material form;
 * (ii) to publish the work in Singapore or any country in relation to which this Act applies, if the work is unpublished;
 * (iii) to include the work in a television broadcast;
 * (iv) to include the work in a cable programme.

Original works in which copyright subsists

27.—(1) Subject to the provisions of this Act, copyright shall subsist in an original literary, dramatic, musical or artistic work that is unpublished and of which the author—
 * (a) was a qualified person at the time when the work was made; or
 * (b) if the making of the work extended over a period — was a qualified person for a substantial part of that period.

(2) Subject to the provisions of this Act, where an original literary, dramatic, musical or artistic work has been published—
 * (a) copyright shall subsist in the work; or
 * (b) if copyright in the work subsisted immediately before its first publication, copyright shall continue to subsist in the work,

if, but only if —
 * (c) the first publication of the work took place in Singapore;
 * (d) the author of the work was a qualified person at the time when the work was first published; or
 * (e) the author died before that time but was a qualified person immediately before his death.

(3) Notwithstanding subsection (2) but subject to the remaining provisions of this Act, copyright shall subsist in—