[Rev. 2014] Copyright CAP. 130 CHAPTER 130 COPYRIGHT ACT [Date of assent: 31st December, 2001.] [Date of commencement: 1st February, 2003.] An Act of Parliament to make provision for copyright in literary, musical and artistic works, audio-visual works, sound recordings, broadcasts and for connected purposes [Corr. No. 44/2002, L.N. 15/2003, L.N. 54/2003, Act No. 6 of 2006, Act No. 7 of 2007, Act No. 10 of 2010, Act No. 12 of 2012, Act No. 18 of 2014.] PART I – PRELIMINARY 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Copyright Act, 2001. 2. Interpretation (1) In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires— “artistic work” means, irrespective of artistic quality, any of the following, or works similar thereto— (a) paintings, drawings, etchings, lithographs, woodcuts, engravings and prints; (b) maps, plans and diagrams; (c) works of sculpture; (d) photographs not comprised in audio-visual works; (e) works of architecture in the form of buildings or models; and (f) works of artistic craftsmanship, pictorial woven tissues and articles of applied handicraft and industrial art; “audio-visual work” means a fixation in any physical medium of images, either synchronised with or without sound, from which a moving picture may by any means be reproduced and includes videotapes and videogames but does not include a broadcast; “authentication device” means any legal device that is used as proof that works or copies thereof are legitimate; “author”, in relation to— (a) a literary, musical or artistic work, means the person who first makes or creates the work; (b) a photograph, means the person who is responsible for the composition of the photograph; (c) a sound recording, means a person by whom the arrangements for the making of the sound recording were made; C40 - 5 [Issue 3]