Copyright Act 1987 s 15
s 15 Nature of copyright in broadcasts
(1) Copyright in a broadcast shall be the exclusive right to control in Malaysia the recording, the reproduction, and the rebroadcasting, of the whole or a substantial part of the broadcast, and the performance, showing or playing to the public in a place where an admission fee is charged of the whole or a substantial part of a television broadcast either in its original form or in any way recognizably derived from the original.
(2) Notwithstanding subsection (1), paragraphs 13(2)(a), (g), (gg),
(ggg), (gggg), (h) and (o) shall also apply to the copyright in a broadcast.
(3) The copyright in a television broadcast shall include the right to control the taking of still photographs from such broadcasts.
Malay text (authoritative)
Kuasa hak cipta mengenai siaran
(1) Hak cipta mengenai sesuatu siaran adalah hak eksklusif untuk mengawal di Malaysia rakaman, pengeluaran semula, dan penyiaran semula, keseluruhan atau sebahagian besar siaran itu, dan pertunjukan, tayangan atau permainan kepada awam di tempat yang mengenakan bayaran masuk bagi keseluruhan atau sebahagian besar sesuatu siaran televisyen sama ada dalam bentuk asalnya atau dalam apa-apa bentuk yang boleh dikenal sebagai diambil daripada yang asalnya.
(2) Walau apa pun subseksyen (1), perenggan 13(2)(a), (g), (gg),
(ggg), (gggg), (h) dan (o) hendaklah juga terpakai bagi hak cipta mengenai siaran.
(3) Hak cipta mengenai sesuatu siaran televisyen adalah termasuk hak untuk mengawal pengambilan gambar pegun dari siaran tersebut.
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Text as at 30 June 2022 (LOM reprint); amendments made after that date may not be incorporated.
Source: Laws of Malaysia, Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia (lom.agc.gov.my). Not a copy of the Gazette printed by the Government Printer (Interpretation Acts 1948 and 1967, s 61).
