COPYRIGHT ORDINANCE
PART II—DIVISION II
Section 35A
2-72
Cap. 528
(c) a copy that forms part of an e-book,
(a “specified copy of a work”) if the article in which the
specified copy is embodied is likely, in being acquired by
a person for his own use, to be acquired for the purpose of
acquiring the specified copies of works that are embodied
in it more so than for the purpose of acquiring the copies of
works other than specified copies that are embodied in it.
(5) For the purposes of subsection (4), in considering the extent
to which an article is likely to be acquired for the purpose of
acquiring a particular copy of a work that is embodied in it, a
copy of those parts of any computer program the function of
which is to provide a means of—
(a) viewing or listening to a specified copy of a work that
is embodied in the article (or, where that work is in
encrypted form, a means of decrypting it so as to enable
such viewing or listening); or
(b) searching for any specific part of a specified copy of a
work that is embodied in the article,
shall be regarded as part of the specified copy of a work.
(6) In this section, “e-book” (電子書) means a combination
of copies of works embodied in a single article and
comprising—
(a) one or more copies of each of—
(i) a computer program; and
(ii) a literary work (other than a computer program), a
dramatic work, a musical work or an artistic work
(“main work”),
so arranged as to provide for the copy of the main work
to be presented in the form of an electronic version of a
book, magazine or periodical; and
Last updated date
3.3.2014