Malaysia legislation

Section 3

of COPYRIGHT (AMENDMENT) ACT 2012

Section 3

Amendment of section 3

(a)

by substituting for the definition of “licensing body” the following definition:

‘“licensing body” means a society or organization which is declared as a licensing body under section 27a;’;

(b)

in the definition of “literary work”, by inserting after the words “judicial decisions” the words “, or political speeches and political debates, or speeches delivered in the course of legal proceedings, and the official translation thereof”;

(c)

by inserting after the definition of “sound recording” the following definition:

‘“technological protection measure” means any technology, device or component that, in the normal course of its operation, effectively prevents or limits the doing of any act that results in an infringement of the copyright in a work;’;

(d)

by substituting for the definition of “performer” the following definition:

‘“performer” means an actor, singer, musician, dancer or any person who acts, sings, delivers, declaims, plays in, interprets, or otherwise performs a performance;’; and

(e)

in the definition of “fixation”, by inserting after the word

“duration” the words “by using a device”.

Amendment of section 4