No. 26
Copyright
within thirty days thereafter was published in Malawi
“fixation” means the embodiment of images or sounds, or of
the representations thereof, in a material form, sufficiently
permanent or stable to permit them to be heard, perceived,
reproduced or communicated, including through a machine or
device;
“infringing copies” means copies of a work or related subject
matter produced by any process and in any form the making of
which involves infringement of copyright in the work or the
rights granted to performers, broadcasters, producers of sound
recordings and publishers under this Act, and includes copies the
making of which infringes the provisions of this Act relating to
expressions of folklore;
“lawfully made available to the public” refers to any public
performance or display, any communication or distribution to the
public, made with the consent of the owner of the rights
concerned or as otherwise permitted under this Act;
“literary work”, irrespective of literary quality, includes any of
the following__
(a) novels, stories or poetry works;
(b) plays, stage directions, film scenarios or
broadcasting scripts;
(c) textbooks, treatises, histories, biographies, essays or
articles;
(d) encyclopedias, dictionaries, or anthologies;
(e) letters, reports or memoranda;
(f) lectures, addresses or sermons;
(g) computer programmes; and
(h) compilation of data or other material;
“Mandatory Mediation Rules” means the High Court
(Commercial Division) (Mandatory Mediation) Rules;
“manuscript”, in relation to a work, means an original
document embodying the work whether written by hand or
otherwise;
“musical work” includes any musical work irrespective of its
musical quality, and includes words composed for musical
accompaniment;
“performance” means the presentation of a work or expression
of folklore by such action as dancing, playing, reciting, singing,
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