Copyright is a form of legal protection that gives the author of an original work exclusive right for a certain time period. Copyright applies to any expressible form of an idea or information that is substantive and discrete and fixed in a medium. The owner of the copyright in a work is given certain exclusive right, such as the right to reproduce the work and sell it. In order for copyright to attach, the work must be in material form and must be original in nature.
In Malaysia, for literary, musical and artistic works, copyright will last for the life of the author and 50 years after his death. As for films, sound recordings and broadcasts, copyright will last for 50 years from the beginning of the calendar year next following the year when it was published.
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