The Copyright Act 1987 (Malaysia) ( ms, Akta Hakcipta 1987), is a

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n law which was enacted to make better provisions in the law relating to

copyright A copyright is a type of intellectual property that gives its owner the exclusive right to copy, distribute, adapt, display, and perform a creative work, usually for a limited time. The creative work may be in a literary, artistic, education ...

in Malaysia and for other matters connected therewith. It repealed the Imperial Copyright Act of 1911 which was the copyright law used in

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as well as throughout the

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in its heyday.

Structure

The Copyright Act 1987, in its current form (1 July 2012), consists of 8 parts containing 61 sections and no schedule (including 9 amendments). * Part I: Preliminary * Part II: General Provisions * Part III: Nature and Duration of Copyright * Part IV: Ownership and Assignment of Copyright * Part IVA: Copyright Licensing * Part V: Copyright Tribunal * Part VI: Remedies for Infringements and Offences * Part VIA: Anti-Camcording * Part VIB: Limitation of Liabilities of the Service Provider * Part VII: Enforcement * Part VIII: Miscellaneous

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