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server and putting into operation computer programs for transmission or reception the last to occur of such series of acts shall be considered to constitute the act of connection.

(x) "maker of a cinematographic work" means the person who takes the initiative in, and the responsibility for, the making of a cinematographic work;
(x-2) "computer program" means an expression of a combination of instructions to cause a computer to function in order to be able to obtain a certain result;
(x-3) "database" means a collection of information, such as dissertations, numerical values or diagrams, which is systematically organized so that such information can be searched by use of a computer;
(xi) "derivative work" means a work created by translating, arranging musically, or transforming, or dramatizing, cinematizing or otherwise adapting a pre-existing work;
(xii) "work of joint authorship" means a work collaboratively created by two or more persons with respect to which the contribution of each person cannot be severed and separately exploited;
(xiii) "sound recording" means the fixation of sound on an object and also the production of one or more copies of such fixation;
(xiv) "visual recording" means the fixation of a sequence of images on an object and also the production of one or more copies of such fixation;
(xv) "reproduction" means the reproduction in a tangible form by means of printing, photography, photocopy, sound or visual recording or other methods; and
(a) in the case of [play/film] scripts and other similar dramatic works, "reproduction" includes sound and visual recording of the stage performances, broadcasts or wire-broadcasts of said works; and
(b) in the case of architectural works, "reproduction" includes the completion of building in accordance with the drawings therefor;
(xvi) "stage performance" means the performance of a work, excluding, however, musical performances ("musical performances" include singing; the same shall apply hereinafter);
(xvii) "screen presentation" means the projection of a work (other than a publicly transmitted work) on a screen or other object, and includes the replaying, in accompaniment with such projection, of sounds which have been fixed in a cinematographic work;
(xviii) "recitation" means oral communication by means of reading aloud or any other method, but excluding any oral communication falling within the term "performance";
(xix) "distribution" means the transfer or rental of reproductions of a work to the public, whether with or without charge, and in the case of cinematographic
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