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Hong Kong—copyright in different works

Hong Kong—copyright in different works This Practice Note was originally written for LexisAdvance® Practical Guidance Hong Kong. Existence Copyright subsists under section 2 of the Copyright Ordinance (Cap 528) (CO) in: • original literary, dramatic, musical and artistic works • sound recordings, films, broadcasts or cable programmes, and • typographical arrangements of published editions Different copyrights may exist in the same work, eg in a book, and in a play or a film based on the book. Copyright exists in works only: • once recorded, in writing or otherwise • if they satisfy the subsistence tests, and • if they are original Writing includes any form of notation or code, eg storage on computer drives or disks. Copyright subsists in a work as a whole, not in individual parts. Copying of parts may constitute infringement as a whole if it is substantial enough. Literary works Literary works are those, other than musical or dramatic works, which are written, spoken or sung (CO, s 4(1)). They include: • tables...

Performers’ rights and rights in performances

Performers’ rights and rights in performances Protection for performers This Practice Note summarises the rights known as performers’ rights which subsist in the UK under Part II of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 (CDPA 1988). CDPA 1988, ss 180–212A (Pt II) gives performers and those having exclusive recording contracts with performers various civil rights and also imposes criminal liability for making, dealing with or using illicit recordings. The rights granted by CDPA 1988, ss 180–212A (Pt II) are separate from and independent of any copyright or moral rights that may exist in underlying works (governed by CDPA 1988, ss 1–179 (Pt I)). The Part II rights relate to the protection of the performance itself rather than the underlying work. CDPA 1988, s 16(1)(c) gives copyright owners the exclusive right to perform certain types of work in public, or to authorise others to perform them: this right is often called ‘performance right’ but must not be confused with the Part II rights in performances. Performers’ rights protect a...