The Copyright Act

 

The Copyright Act

[selected extracts, emphasis supplied]

 

14. "Copyright" means the exclusive right subject to the provisions of this Act, to do or authorize the doing of any of the following acts in respect of a work or any substantial part thereof, namely –

(e) In the case of a sound recording-

        (i) To make any other sound recording embodying it;

        (ii) To sell or give on hire, or offer for sale or hire, any copy of the sound recording regardless of whether such copy has been sold or given on hire on earlier occasions;

        (iii) To communicate the sound recording to the public.

 

30. Licences by owners of copyright

The owner of the copyright in any existing work or the prospective owner of the copyright in any future work may grant any interest in the right by licence in writing signed by him or by his duly authorised agent:

PROVIDED that in the case of a licence relating to copyright in any future work, the licence shall take effect only when the work comes into existence.