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[Pt. II, S. 9-11]
COPYRIGHT
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(2) Subject to the provisions of this Act, the publisher of an edition shall be entitled to any copyright subsisting in the edition by virtue of this section.

(3) The act restricted by the copyright subsisting by virtue of this section in an edition is the making of a reproduction of the typographical arrangement of the edition.

Qualification for protection. 10. (1) Copyright shall subsist in every work eligible for copyright of which the author or in the case of a work of joint authorship, any of the authors is, at the time when the work is made, a qualified person.

(2) Copyright shall also subsist in every work which is eligible for copyright and which—

(a) being a literary, musical or artistic work or film or sound recording is first published in Malaysia;
(b) being a work of architecture is erected in Malaysia or being any other artistic work is incorporated in a building located in Malaysia;
(c) being a broadcast is transmitted from Malaysia.

(3) Notwithstanding subsections (1) and (2), copyright shall subsist, subject to this Act, in every work eligible for copyright if the work is made in Malaysia.

Copyright in works of Government, Government organizations and international bodies. 11. (1) Copyright shall subsist in every work which is eligible for copyright and which is made by or under the direction or control of the Government and such Government organizations or international bodies as the Minister may by order prescribe.

(2) Section 10 shall not be taken to confer copyright on works to which this section applies.