Code Of Intellectual Property Act (No. 52 of 1979)

Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts

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Code Of Intellectual Property Act (No. 52 of 1979) - Sect 8

Derivative works

(1) The following shall also be protected as original works-

	(a) translations, adaptations, arrangements and other transformations of literary, artistic or scientific works;

	(b) collections of literary, artistic or scientific works, such as encyclopaedias and anthologies which, by reason, of the selection and arrangement of their contents, constitute intellectual creations; and

	(c) works derived from Sri Lanka folklore.

(2) The protection of any work referred to in subsection (1) shall be without prejudice to any protection of a pre-existing work utilized for the making of such work.

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