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Copyright Order, 1999 · As enacted · Chapter IX · Qualification for and Extent of Copyright Protection
Copyright Order, 1999 · As enacted · Chapter IX · Qualification for and Extent of Copyright Protection
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A literary, dramatic, musical or artistic work, a sound recording or film, or the typographical arrangement of a published edition, qualifies for copyright protection if it was first published -
sound recording
"sound recording" means - fa) a recording of sounds, from which the sounds may be reproduced; or {b) a recording of the whole or any part of a literary, dramatic or musical work, from which sounds reproducing the work or part may be produced, regardless of the medium on which the recording is made or the method by which the sounds are reproduced or produced.
(a} in Brunei Darussalam; or
in a country to which the relevant provisions of this
Part have been applied.
For the purpose of this section, publication in one country shall not be regarded as other than the first publication by reason of simultaneous publication elsewhere; and for this purpose publication elsewhere within the previous thirty days shall be treated as simultaneous.
film
"film" means a recording on any medium from which a moving image may by any means be produced;
sound recording
"sound recording" means - fa) a recording of sounds, from which the sounds may be reproduced; or {b) a recording of the whole or any part of a literary, dramatic or musical work, from which sounds reproducing the work or part may be produced, regardless of the medium on which the recording is made or the method by which the sounds are reproduced or produced.
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