Copyright Act
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(c) in he case of cinematograph film, to do or authorise the doing of
any of the following acts, that is(i) make a copy of the film,
(ii) cause the film, in so far as it consists of visual
images to be seen in public and, in so far as it consists
of sounds, to be heard in public,
(iii) make any record embodying the recording in any
part of the sound track associated with the film by
utilising such sound track,
(iv) distribute to the public, for commercial purposes
copies of the work, by way of rental, lease, hire, loan
or similar arrangement.
(2) The doing of any of the acts referred in subsection (1) of this section shall be in respect of the
whole or a substantial part of the work either in its original form or in any form recognisably derived
from the original.
(3) Copyright in a work of architecture shall also include the exclusive right to control the erection
of any building which reproduces the whole or a substantial part of the work either in its original
form or in any form recognisably derived from the original, but not the right to control the
reconstruction in the same style as the original of a building to which the copyright relates.
6. (1) Copyright in a sound recording shall be exclusive right to control in Nigeria-
(a) the direct or indirect reproduction, broadcasting or communication
to the public of the whole or a substantial part of the recording either
in its original form or in any form recognisably derived from the
original;
(b) the distribution to the public for commercial purposes of copies of
the work by way of rental, lease, hire, loan or similar arrangement.
(2) The exception specified in paragraphs (a), (h), (k), (l), and (p) of the Second Schedule to this Act
shall apply to the copyright in sound recording in like manner as they apply to copyright in literary,
musical or artistic work or a cinematograph film.
(3) The provision of the Third Schedule to this Act shall apply in respect of sound recording.
7. (1) Subject to this section, copyright in a broadcast shall be the exclusive right to control the doing Nigeria of any
of the following acts, that is-
(a) the recording and the re-broadcast of the whole or a substantial
part of the broadcast;
(b) the communication to the public of the whole or a substantial part
of a television broadcast, either in its original form or in any form
recognisably derived from the original; and
(c) the distribution to the public for the commercial purposes, of
copies of the work, by way of rental, lease, hire, loan or similar
arrangement.
(2) The copyright in a television broadcast shall include the right to control the taking of still
photographs from the broadcast.
(3) The exceptions specified in paragraphs (a), (h), (k) and (o) of the Second Schedule to this Act
shall apply to the copyright in a broadcast, in like manner as they apply to copyright in literary,
musical or artistic work or a cinematograph film.
8. (1) Where the owner of the copyright in any literary, musical or artistic work authorises a person to incorporate
the work in a cinematograph film and a broadcasting authority broadcasts the film, the owner of the copyright shall,
in the absence of any express agreement to the contrary between the owner and that person, be deemed to have
authorised the broadcast.
(2) Notwithstanding subsection (10 of this section, where a broadcasting authority broadcasts a
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