Copyright and Related Rights Act, 2000
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Infringement by adaptation of works. |
43.—(1) For the purposes of section 37 — | |
(a) an adaptation is made when it is recorded in writing or otherwise, and | ||
(b) it shall be immaterial to the interpretation of this section whether the adaptation has been recorded in writing or otherwise at the time an act restricted by copyright is undertaken. | ||
(2) Without prejudice to the generality of section 37 (1)(c), in this Part, “adaptation” in relation to— | ||
(a) a literary or dramatic work, film, sound recording, broadcast, cable programme or typographical arrangement of a published edition, includes— | ||
(i) a translation, arrangement or other alteration of the work, | ||
(ii) a version of a dramatic work which is converted into a non-dramatic work or the conversion of a non-dramatic work into a dramatic work, and | ||
(iii) a version of a work in which the story or action is conveyed wholly or mainly by means of pictures in a form suitable for reproduction; | ||
(b) a musical work, includes a translation, arrangement or other alteration or transcription of the work; | ||
(c) an artistic work, includes a collage of the work with other works, an arrangement or other alteration of the work; | ||
(d) a computer program, includes a translation, arrangement or other alteration of the computer program; or | ||
(e) an original database, includes a translation, arrangement or other alteration of the original database. | ||
(3) In this section “translation”, in relation to a computer program, includes the making of a version of the computer program in which it is converted into or out of a computer language or code or into a different computer language or code. |