Section 11 Copyright Act

Section 11 Copyright Act 2022 is about Nature of copyright in audiovisual works. It is under Part I (Objectives, Scope and Subsistence of Copyright) of the Act.

Subject to the exceptions under Part II of this Act, copyright in an audiovisual work shall be the exclusive right to do and authorise the doing of any of the following acts —
(a) reproduce the audiovisual work ;
(b) cause the audiovisual work that consists of visual images to be seen in public and of sounds to be heard in public ;

(c) communicate the audiovisual work to the public ;
(d) broadcast the audiovisual work ;
(e) make any copy of the sound track of an audiovisual work ;
(f ) make the work available to the public by wire or wireless means in such a way that members of the public are able to access the work from a place and at a time independently chosen by them ;

(g) distribute to the public, for commercial purposes, copies of the work, through sale or other transfer of ownership provided the work has not been subject to distribution authorised by the owner ;
(h) make an adaptation of the audiovisual work ;

(i) make a translation of the audiovisual work or any part ; and
(j) do in relation to a translation or an adaptation of the work, any of the acts specified in relation to the work under this section.