Section 16 — When is a literary, dramatic or musical work made

(1)A literary, dramatic or musical work is made at the time when, or over the period during which, the work is first fixed in a material form, including —

(a)in writing; or

(b)by storage —

(i)in a computer;

(ii)on any medium by electronic means; or

(iii)on any other medium from which the work, or a substantial part thereof, can be directly reproduced.

(2)A literary, dramatic or musical work in the form of sounds embodied in an article or a thing is considered —

(a)to have been fixed in a material form; and

(b)to have been so fixed when those sounds were embodied in that article or thing.