22 Laws of Malaysia Act 332 (7) For the purpose of this section, “any written law relating to industrial design” includes: (a) the United Kingdom Designs (Protection) Act 1949 [Act 214]; (b) the United Kingdom Designs (Protection) Ordinance of Sabah [Sabah Cap. 152]; and (c) the Designs (United Kingdom) Ordinance of Sarawak [SWK Cap. 59]. Derivative works 8. (1) The following derivative works are protected as original works: (a) translations, adaptations, arrangements and other transformations of works eligible for copyright; and (b) collections of works eligible for copyright, or compilation of mere data whether in machine readable or other form, which constitute intellectual creation by reason of the selection and arrangement of their contents. (2) Protection of works referred to in subsection (1) shall be without prejudice to any protection of the existing works used. Copyright in published editions of works 9. (1) Copyright shall subsist, subject to the provisions of this Act, in every published edition of any one or more literary, artistic or musical work in the case of which either— (a) the first publication of the edition took place in Malaysia; or (b) the publisher of the edition was a qualified person at the date of the first publication thereof: Provided that this subsection does not apply to an edition which reproduces the typographical arrangement of a previous edition of the same work or works.

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