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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) Subject to the provisions of this Act, 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.
(4) Reproduction of the typographical arrangement of a
published edition for any purpose including research, private study,
criticism, review or the reporting of news or current events does
not infringe the copyright subsisting by virtue of this section if
such reproduction is compatible with fair dealing:
Provided that if such reproduction is made public it is accompanied
by an acknowledgement of the title of the work and its authorship,
except where the work is incidentally included in a broadcast.
(5) The Government, the National Archives, or any State
Archives, the National Library, or any State library, or any public
libraries and educational, scientific or professional institutions as the
Minister may by order prescribe, may reproduce the typographical
arrangement of a published edition without infringing the copyright
subsisting by virtue of this section if such reproduction is in
the public interest and is compatible with fair dealing and the
provisions of any regulations.
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.