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[Pt. I, S. 3]
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Act 332

“literary work” includes—

(a) novels, stories, books, pamphlets, manuscripts, poetical works and other writings;
(b) plays, dramas, stage directions, film scenarios, broadcasting scripts, choreographic works and pantomimes;
(c) treatises, histories, biographies, essays and articles;
(d) encyclopaedias, dictionaries and other works of reference;
(e) letters, reports and memoranda;
(f) lectures, addresses, sermons and other works of the same nature;
(g) tables or compilations, expressed in words, figures, or symbols (whether or not in a visible form); and
(h) computer programs or compilations of computer programs;

“manuscript”, in relation to a work, means the original document embodying the work, whether written by hand or not;

“material form”, in relation to a work or a derivative work, includes any form (whether visible or not) of storage from which the work or derivative work, or a substantial part of the work or derivative work can be reproduced;

“Minister” means, unless otherwise stated, the Minister charged with the responsibility for copyright matters;

“musical work” means any musical work, and includes works composed for musical accompaniment;

“photograph” means any product of photography or of any process akin to photography, other than a part of a film, and includes a product created through any electronic process;