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Section 11

of Copyright Act 1969

ActRepealedProvision 11 of 25

Section 11

Copyright in a broadcast shall be the exclusive right to control the doing in Malaysia of any of the following acts, namely, the recording, the reproducing and the rebroadcasting of the whole or a substantial part of the broadcast and the communication to the public, in places where an admission fee is charged, of the whole or a substantial part of a television broadcast, either in its original form or in any form recognizably derived from the original:

Provided that—

(a)

the provisions of paragraphs (a), (g), (j), (n) and (a) of the proviso to subsection (1) of section 8 of this Act shall apply to the copyright in a broadcast in like manner as they apply to copyright in a literary, musical or artistic work or a cinematograph film;

(b)

the copyright in a television broadcast shall include the right to control the taking of still photographs from such broadcasts.