Reproduction of works.
21.—(1.) For the purposes of this Act, a literary, dramatic or musical work shall be deemed to have been reproduced in a material form if a sound recording or cinematograph film is made of the work, and any record embodying such a recording and any copy of such a film shall be deemed to be a reproduction of the work.
(2.) The last preceding sub-section applies in relation to an adaptation of a work in like manner as it applies in relation to a work.
(3.) For the purposes of this Act, an artistic work shall be deemed to have been reproduced—
- (a) in the case of a work in a two-dimensional form—if a version of the work is produced in a three-dimensional form; or
- (b) in the case of a work in a three-dimensional form—if a version of the work is produced in a two-dimensional form,
and the version of the work so produced shall be deemed to be a reproduction of the work.
(4.) The last preceding sub-section has effect subject to Division 7 of Part III.
Provisions relating to the making of a work or other subject-matter.
22.—(1.) A reference in this Act to the time when, or the period during which, a literary, dramatic or musical work was made shall be read as a reference to the time when, or the period during which, as the case may be, the work was first reduced to writing or to some other material form.
(2.) For the purposes of this Act, a literary, dramatic or musical work that exists in the form of sounds embodied in an article or thing shall be deemed to have been reduced to a material form and to have been so reduced at the time when those sounds were embodied in that article or thing.
(3.) For the purposes of this Act—
- (a) a sound recording shail be deemed to have been made at the time when the first record embodying the recording was produced; and
- (b) the maker of the sound recording is the person who owned that record at that time
(4.) For the purposes of this Act—
- (a) a reference to the making of a cinematograph film shall be read as a reference to the doing of the things necessary for the production of the first copy of the film; and
- (b) the maker of the cinematograph film is the person by whom the arrangements necessary for the making of the film were undertaken
(5.) For the purposes of this Act, a television broadcast or sound broadcast shall be deemed to have been made by the person by whom, at the time when, and from the place from which, the visual images or sounds constituting the broadcast, or both, as the case may be, were broadcast.
