Act 690
Copyright Act, 2005
Economic rights of authors
5. The authorof anyprotected copyright workhastheexclusiveeconomic right
inrespect ofthework todo orauthorise thedoing ofanyofthefollowing:
(a) thereproduction of the workin any manneror form,
(b) thetranslation, adaptation, arrangement or anyothertransformation
of the work,
(c) thepublic performance, broadcasting andcommunication ofthe work
tothe public,
(d) the distribution to the publicof originalsor copies of the workby
way of first salesor otherfirsttransferof ownership, and
(e) thecommercial rental tothepublic oforiginals orcopies ofthework.
Moral rights of authors
6. (1) In addition to the economic rightsreferredto in section5, the authorof
protected copyright work hasthe solemoralright
(a) toclaimauthorship of theworkand in particular to demandthatthe
name or pseudonymof the author be mentioned when any of the
acts referredto in section5 are done in relationto the work, and
(b) to object to and seek relief in connection with any distortion,
mutilation or othermodification of the workwhere thatactwould
be or is prejudicial tothereputation of theauthoror where thework
is discredited by theact.
Employed authors
7. In the absence of any contractto the contrary, the economicrightof a work
shall vest inanemployerora person whocommissions theworkwhere theemployed
or commissioned authorhas createdthe workin the courseof the employment or
commission.
Public benefit works
8. (1) The rights referredto in sections 5 and 6 of thisAct shallnot vestin any
person in respect of the following works,
(a) anenactment,
(b) a decision made by a court or tribunal established under any
enactment fortheadministration ofjusticein theRepublic,
(c) a report made by a commission of enquiry appointed by the
Government oranyagency of theGovernment andpublished by the
Government, and
(d) except where news is disseminated by the private media, news,
namely a reportoffresh events orcurrentinformation madeby the
media, whether published in written form, by broadcast, or
communicated to thepublic by any othermeans.
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