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- (a) directly cause a device with information processing capabilities to perform a particular function; or
- (b) cause a device with information processing capabilities to perform a particular function after—
- (i) converting the instructions into another language, code or notation;
- (ii) copying the instructions in a different material form; or
- (iii) both of those acts.
(4) To avoid doubt, a computer program made before 10 April 1987 (or over a period ending before that date) is a literary work.
Subject matter of copyright in compilations
14. To avoid doubt, any copyright in a compilation—
- (a) is limited to the selection or arrangement of its contents that constitutes an intellectual creation; and
- (b) is in addition to, and independent of, any copyright in its contents and any other right under Part 4 (protection of performances) in relation to its contents.
What does a dramatic work include
15.—(1) Subject to subsection (2), a “dramatic work” includes—
- (a) a work of dance or mime; and
- (b) a scenario or script for a film, but not a film.
(2) A work of dance or mime made before the appointed day is not a dramatic work unless it is described in writing in the form in which the show is to be presented.
When is a literary, dramatic or musical work made
16.—(1) A literary, dramatic or musical work is made at the time when, or over the period during which, the work is first fixed in a material form, including—
- (a) in writing; or
