Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988精品.pdf

Status: Point in time view as at 01/01/1998. Changes to legislation: There are outstanding changes not yet made by the legislation.gov.uk editorial team to Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. Any changes that have already been made by the team appear in the content and are referenced with annotations. (See end of Document for details) Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 1988 CHAPTER 48 PART I COPYRIGHT CHAPTER I SUBSISTENCE, OWNERSHIP AND DURATION OF COPYRIGHT Descriptions of work and related provisions 3 Literary, dramatic and musical works. (1) In this Part— “literary work” means any work, other than a dramatic or musical work, which is written, spoken or sung, and accordingly includes— F1 F2 (a) a table or compilation [ other than a database], . . . F3 F4 (b) a computer program; . . .[ (c) preparatory design material for a computer F5 program][ and (d) a database] “dramatic work” includes a work of dance or mime; and “musical work” means a work consisting of music, exclusive of any words or action intended to be sung, spoken or performed with the music. (2) Copyright does not subsist in a literary, dramatic or musical work unless and until it is recorded, in writing or otherwise; and references in this Part to the time