COPYRIGHT ORDINANCE
PART II—DIVISION II
2-50
Section 29
Cap. 528
[cf. 1988 c. 48 s. 20 U.K.]
29.
Infringement by making adaptation or act done in relation to
adaptation
(1) The making of an adaptation of the work is an act restricted
by the copyright in a literary, dramatic or musical work. For
this purpose an adaptation is made when it is recorded, in
writing or otherwise.
(2) The doing of any of the acts specified in sections 23 to 28,
or subsection (1), in relation to an adaptation of the work is
also an act restricted by the copyright in a literary, dramatic
or musical work. For this purpose it is immaterial whether the
adaptation has been recorded, in writing or otherwise, at the
time the act is done.
(3) In this Part “adaptation” (改編本)—
(a) in relation to a literary work, other than a computer
program, or dramatic work, means—
(i) a translation of the work;
(ii) a version of a dramatic work in which it is
converted into a non-dramatic work or, as the case
may be, of a non-dramatic work in which it is
converted into a dramatic work;
(iii) a version of the work in which the story or action
is conveyed wholly or mainly by means of pictures
in a form suitable for reproduction in a book, or in
a newspaper, magazine or similar periodical;
(b) in relation to a computer program, means an
arrangement or altered version of the program or a
translation of it;
(c) in relation to a musical work, means an arrangement or
transcription of the work.
Last updated date
3.3.2014