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Section 6

of Copyright Act 1969

ActRepealedProvision 6 of 25

Section 6

(1)

Copyright shall be conferred by this section on every work which is eligible for copyright and which—

(a)

being a literary, musical or artistic work or cinematograph film is first published in Malaysia;

(b)

being a work of architecture is erected in Malaysia or being another artistic work is incorporated in a building located in Malaysia;

(c)

being a sound recording, is made in Malaysia; and

(d)

being a broadcast, is transmitted from Malaysia and which has not been the subject of copyright conferred by section 5 of this Act.

(2)

Copyright conferred on a work by this section shall have the same duration as is provided for in section 5 of this Act in relation to the same type of work.