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Intellectual Property Act, No. 36 of 2003
“computer” means an electronic or similar device
having information processing capabilities ;
“computer program” is a set of instructions expressed
in words, codes, schemes or in any other form,
which is capable, when incorporated in a medium
that the computer can read, of causing a computer
to perform or achieve a particular task or result ;
“economic rights” means the rights referred to in
section 9 ;
“expression of folklore” means a group oriented and
tradition based creation of groups or individuals
reflecting the expectation of the community as an
adequate expression of its cultural and social
identity, its standards and values as transmitted
orally, by imitation or by other means, including :
(a) folktales, folk poetry, and folk riddles ;
(b) folk songs and instrumental folk music ;
(c) folk dances and folk plays ;
(d) productions of folk arts in particular,
drawings, paintings, carvings, sculptures,
pottery, terracotta, mosaic, woodwork,
metalware, jewellery, handicrafts, costumes,
and indigenous textiles ;
“infringement” means an act that violated any right
protected under this Part ;
“moral rights” means rights referred to in section 10 ;
“performers” means singers, musicians, and other
persons who sing, deliver, declaim, play in, or
otherwise perform, literary or artistic works or
expressions of folklore ;