Copyright Act, 2004,
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"infringement" means an act that violates a right
protected under this Act;
"licence" ,means a lawfully granted licence permitting
the doing of an act controlled by this Act;
"literary work" includes irrespective of literacy quality, any
of the following works or works similar to them
(a) novels, stories or poetical works;
(b) plays, stage directions, film scenarios or
broadcasting scripts;
(c) textbooks, treaties, histories, biographies,
essays or articles;
(d) choreographic works;
(e) encyclopedias, dictionaries, directories, time
tables,
anthologies,
databases
or
compilation of data or other material, whether
or not in machine readable form, which by
reason of the selection or arrangement of
contents constitutes intellectual creations;
(f) letters, reports or memoranda;
(g) law reports, excluding court decisions;
(h) lectures, addresses or sermons; and
(i) computer proQrammes. whatever may be the
mode or form of expression;
"moral right" means any of the rights mentioned in
section 1 0;