COPYRIGHT

CHAPTER 49:03
COPYRIGHT

ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS

    SECTION

PART I
PRELIMINARY

    1.    Short title

    2.    Interpretation

    3.    Application

PART II
THE COPYRIGHT SOCIETY OF MALAWI

    4.    Establishment of a Copyright Society of Malawi

    5.    Functions of the Society

    6.    Powers of the Society

    7.    Board of the Society

    8.    Vacation, etc., of members from office

    9.    Filling of vacancies in the Board

    10.    Co-opted persons

    11.    Chairperson and Vice-Chairperson

    12.    Meetings of the Board

    13.    Remuneration and expenses of the Board of the Society

    14.    Copyright Administrator

    15.    Tenure of office of the Copyright Administrator

    16.    Powers and functions of the Copyright Administrator

    17.    Other staff of the Society

    18.    Disclosure of conflict of interest

    19.    Confidentiality

    20.    Oath of secrecy

    21.    Delegation of powers

    22.    Funds of the Society

    23.    Accounts and audit

    24.    Annual report

PART III
COPYRIGHT

    25.    Copyright

    26.    Eligibility for copyright

    27.    Derivative

    28.    Works not subject to copyright protection

    29.    Economic rights

    30.    Moral rights

    31.    Right to share in proceeds of sale

    32.    Alteration of buildings and objects for practical use

    33.    Ownership of copyright

    34.    Works by employed authors and commissioned works

    35.    Duration of copyright

PART IV
PERMITTED FREE USES OF WORKS

    36.    Permitted free uses of a work

    37.    Transient and incidental copies

    38.    Reproduction, etc., of a work for user’s private use

    39.    Inclusion of quotations

    40.    Critical or scientific presentations, artistic works and literary works

    41.    Use of a work by way of illustration

    42.    Public performance of a work and public display of copies of a work

    43.    Simultaneous and unaltered cable transmission of a work broadcast

    44.    Reproduction in the press, etc., of articles on current topics

    45.    Reporting on current events

    46.    Photography, cinematography, drawings, etc.

    47.    Artistic work forming part of a collection

    48.    Libraries, archives, museums, scientific and educational institutions

    49.    Reproduction of a work for people with disabilities

    50.    Reproduction in the press

    51.    Recordings by a broadcasting organization of its own broadcasts

    52.    Use of a computer programme

    53.    Evidence in administrative or judicial proceedings

PART V
TRANSFER OF COPYRIGHT

    54.    Transferability of copyright

    55.    Contracts for authorization of use of rights under this Act

    56.    Publishing contracts

    57.    Commissioned work

PART VI
LICENCES

    58.    Extended collective licences

    59.    Compulsory licence for public examinations

    60.    Compulsory translation licence

    61.    Conditions of a compulsory translation licence

    62.    Translation licence for broadcasting purposes

    63.    Compulsory reproduction licence

    64.    Conditions of a compulsory reproduction licence

    65.    Compulsory reproduction licence for audio-visual works

    66.    Production of recording of musical works

PART VII
EXPRESSIONS OF FOLKLORE

    67.    Right in expressions of folklore to vest in Government

    68.    Certain uses of expressions of folklore to be subject to authorization

    69.    Free uses of expressions of folklore

    70.    Source of expressions of folklore to be acknowledged

    71.    Authorization for use of expressions of folklore

    72.    Non-hindrance of development of folklore

    73.    Protection under this Part is additional

PART VIII
PERFORMERS, PRODUCERS OF SOUND RECORDINGS, BROADCASTERS AND PUBLISHERS

    74.    Rights of performers, etc., of sound recordings and publishers not to affect copyright

    75.    Exclusive rights of performers

    76.    Moral rights of performers

    77.    Granting of authorization by performers

    78.    Exclusive rights of producers of sound recordings or audio-visual fixations

    79.    Obligations of producers

    80.    Remuneration for public performance of sound recordings or audio-visual fixations

    81.    Exclusive rights of broadcasting organizations

    82.    Rights in typographical arrangements

    83.    Exceptions to certain provisions under this Part

PART IX
PUBLIC DOMAIN

    84.    Works and related subject matter in the public domain

PART X
TECHNOLOGICAL MEASURES AND RIGHTS MANAGEMENT INFORMATION

    85.    Technological measures

    86.    Use of works, etc., when effective technological measures are employed

    87.    Electronic rights management

PART XI
INFRINGEMENT OF COPYRIGHT OR RELATED RIGHTS

    88.    Infringement of copyright

    89.    Infringement of performers’ rights

    90.    Infringement of rights of producers of sound recordings

    91.    Infringement by parallel imports

    92.    Infringement of broadcasting organizations’ rights

    93.    Infringement of publishers’ rights in typographical arrangements

PART XII
INSPECTION

    94.    Inspectors

    95.    Entry into premises

    96.    Mode of inspection

    97.    Inspectors not personally liable

PART XIII
THE COPYRIGHT FUND

    98.    Establishment of the Copyright Fund

    99.    Objectives of the Fund

    100.    Vesting of the Fund

    101.    Financing…