"published works" means works reproduced with the consent of their authors
in copies made available to the public in a quantity sufficient to satisfy a
reasonable demand for the work;
"rebroadcasting" means the simultaneous or subsequent broadcasting in
part or in whole by one broadcasting organization of the broadcast of
another broadcasting organization;
"reproduction" means the making of one or more copies of a literary,
dramatic, musical or artistic work or expressions of folklore or fixation in any
material form including any audio-visual work or sound recording, and in the
case of an artistic work, includes converting a work into a three-dimensional
form or, if existing in a three-dimensional form, converting it into a twodimensional form;
"Society" means the Copyright Society of Malawi established under section
41;
"sound recording" means:
(a) a recording of sounds from which the sounds may be
reproduced;
(b) a recording of a literary, dramatic or musical work from which
sounds reproducing the work may be produced,
in either case, regardless of the medium on which the recording is made or
the method by which the sounds are reproduced;
"work" means any work or other matter in which copyright subsists under this
Act;
"works of applied art" means an artistic work applied to objects for practical
use whether handicraft or works produced on industrial scale;
"works published in Malawi" includes works published abroad but thereafter
published in Malawi within thirty days;
"works of joint authorship" means a work created 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.
PART II
COPYRIGHT
Copyright
3. Subject to the provisions of this Act, an author of any work shall, by the
mere fact of its creation, enjoy an exclusive property right in the work against
all persons.
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