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Copyright Act 2021 s 16

s 16 When is a literary, dramatic or musical work made

16.—(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.

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