PART III
LITERARY, DRAMATIC, MUSICAL AND ARTISTIC WORKS
Copyright in literary, dramatic, musical and artistic works
5. (1) Literary, dramatic, musical or artistic work shall not be eligible for
copyright under this Part unless:
(a) it is original in character; or
(b) it is derivative work, an dit is in writing or recorded or otheriwse
reduced to material form.
(2) A work shall be eligible for copyright under this Part irrespective of
its form of expression, its quality and purpose for which it was created.
(3) For the purposes of this Part, a work is original if it is the product of
the independent efforts of the author.
Derivative works
6.(1) The following derivative works shall be subject to copyright
protection as if they were original works :
(a) translations, adaptations, arrangements and any other
transformations of original literary, dramatic, musical and artistic
works :
(b) collections of literary, dramatic, musical and artistic works in the
form of encyclopaedias and anthologies which, by reason only of the
selection and arrangements of their contents, constitute intellectual
creations; and
(c) works inspired by expressions of folklore.
(2) The protection of any work referred to under subsection (1) shall be
without prejudice to any protection of a pre-existing work or expression of
folklore.
Works not subject to copyright protection
7. Copyright protection shall not extend to:
(a) written laws and decisions of courts and administrative bodies as
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