Section 10
Qualification for protection
Copyright shall subsist in 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.
(2)
Copyright shall also subsist in every work which is eligible for copyright and which—
(a)
being a literary, musical or artistic work or film or sound recording is first published in Malaysia;
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(b)
being a work of architecture is erected in Malaysia or being any other artistic work is incorporated in a building located in Malaysia;
(c)
being a broadcast is transmitted from Malaysia.
(3)
Notwithstanding subsections (1) and (2), copyright shall subsist, subject to this Act, in every work eligible for copyright if the work is made in Malaysia.
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