COPYRIGHT ORDINANCE
PART II—DIVISION I
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Section 2
Cap. 528
PART II
COPYRIGHT
DIVISION I—SUBSISTENCE, OWNERSHIP AND
DURATION OF COPYRIGHT
Introductory
2.
Copyright and copyright works
(1) Copyright is a property right which subsists in accordance
with this Part in the following descriptions of work—
(a) original literary, dramatic, musical or artistic works;
(b) sound recordings,
programmes; and
(c) the typographical arrangement of published editions.
films,
broadcasts
or
cable
(2) In this Part “copyright work” (版權作品) means a work of
any of those descriptions in which copyright subsists.
(3) Copyright does not subsist in a work unless the requirements
of this Part with respect to qualification for copyright
protection are met (see section 177 and the provisions
referred to there).
[cf. 1988 c. 48 s. 1 U.K.]
3.
Rights subsisting in copyright works
(1) The owner of the copyright in a work of any description
has the exclusive right to do the acts specified in Division
II as the acts restricted by the copyright in a work of that
description.
Last updated date
3.3.2014