Section 5
Section 5
Copyright shall be conferred by this section on every work eligible for copyright of which the author or, in the case of a work of joint authorship, any of the authors is, at the time when the work is made, a qualified person, that is to say—
(a)
an individual who is a citizen of, or is a permanent resident in, Malaysia; or
(b)
a body corporate constituted and vested with legal personality under the laws of Malaysia and established in Malaysia.
(2)
The terms of copyright conferred by this section shall be calculated according to the following table—
Type of Work
Date of Expiration of
(i)
Literary, musical or artistic works other than photographs
Twenty-five years after the end of the year in which the author dies.
(ii)
Cinematograph films and photographs
Twenty-five years after the end of the year in which the work was first published.
(iii)
Sound recordings
Twenty years after the end of the year in which the recording was made.
(iv)
Broadcasts
Twenty years after the end of the year in which the broadcast took place.
(3)
In the case of anonymous or pseudonymous literary, musical or artistic works the copyright therein shall expire twenty-five years after the end of the
COPYRIGHT year in which the work was first published, but not later than the end of the year in which it is reasonable to presume that the author has been dead for twenty-five years:
Provided that in the event of the identity of the author becoming known the terms of copyright shall be calculated in accordance with the provisions of paragraph (i) of the last preceding subsection.
(4)
In the case of a work of joint authorship, reference in the preceding table to the death of the author shall be taken to refer to the author who dies last, whether or not he is a qualified person.