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(1)in relation to a literary work, it shall include translating a literary work, transforming a literary work, or compiling literary works by means of selection and rearrangement;

(2)in relation to a computer program, it shall include reproducing a computer program by transforming, improving, or editing it in essential part without the characteristic of making a new work;

(3)in relation to a dramatic work, it shall include transforming a non-dramatic work into a dramatic work or transforming a dramatic work into a non-dramatic work, whether in the original language or in a different language;

(4)in relation to an artistic work, it shall include transforming a two-dimensional or three-dimensional work into a three-dimensional or two-dimensional work, or producing a replica of an original work;

(5)in relation to a musical work, it shall include rearranging, reharmonising, or changing the lyrics or melody;

“communicate to the public” means to make a produced work available to the public by means of display, narration, recitation, playing, expression through sound and/or picture, construction, distribution, or any other means;

“publish” means to issue for distribution replications of a produced work which are created with the consent of the author, whatever may be their form or appearance, when they are available to the public in a considerable quantity according to the nature of such work, but not including the display or making available of a dramatic work, musical work, or film, the giving of a narration or lecture on a literary work, the transmission of sound and picture in relation to any work, the exhibition of an artistic work, and the construction of a work of architecture;

“competent official” means a person appointed by the Minister to execute this Act;

“Director General” means the Director General of the Department of Intellectual Property, and shall also include the person authorised by the Director General of the Department of Intellectual Property;

“Commission” means the Copyright Commission;

“Minister” means the Minister in charge of the execution this Act.