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Act of dramatizing a dramatic representation...
Dramatize
To compose in the form of the drama to represent in a drama to adapt to dramatic representation as to dramatize a novel or an historical episode...
Dramatic
Of or pertaining to the drama as dramatic arts...
Dramatically
In a dramatic manner theatrically vividly...
Dramatic copyright
Dramatic copyright. See COPYRIGHT....
Dramatic work
Dramatic work, includes any piece of recitation, choreographic work or entertainment in dumb show, the scenic arrangement or acting, form of which is fixed in writing or otherwise but does not include a cinematograph film. [Copyright Act, 1957 (14 of 1957), s. 2 (h)]...
Copyright
Copyright, an incorporeal right, being the exclusive privilege of printing, reprinting, selling, and publishing is own original work which the statute law first gave to an author in 1709, by 8 Anne, c. 19, for the term of fourteen years. Whether the right exited at Common Law is a long-vexed and still undetermined question. See Jeffries v. Boosey, (1854) 4 HLC 815. There is no copyright in an illegal or immoral publication, Southey v. Sherwood, (1817) 2 Mer 435; Stockdale v. Onwhyn, (1826) 5 B&C 173.The law of copyright now depends mainly on the (English) Copyright Act,1911 (1 & 2 Geo. 5, c. 46) (July 1, 1912), and 'no person shall be entitled to copyright or any similar right in any literary dramatic, musical, or artistic work, whether published or unpublished, otherwise than under and in accordance with the provisions of this Act, or of any other statutory enactment for the time being in force' (s. 31).By sub-s. 2 of s. 1 of this Act 'copyright' is thus defined:--For the purposes of ...
Adaptation
Adaptation, means-(i) in relation to a dramatic work, the conversion of the work into a non-dramatic work; (ii) in relation to a literary work or an artistic work, the conversion of the work into a dramatic work by way of performance in public or otherwise; (iii) in relation to a literary or dramatic work, any abridgement of the work or any version of the work in which the story or action in conveyed wholly or mainly by means of pictures is a form suitable for reproduction in a book, or a newspaper, magazine or similar periodical. (iv) in relation to a musical work, any arrangement or transcription of the work; and (v) in relation to any work, any use of such work involving its rearrangement or alteration. [Copyright Act, 1957 (14 of 1957), s. 2(a)]...
Odeon
A kind of theater in ancient Greece smaller than the dramatic theater and roofed over in which poets and musicians submitted their works to the approval of the public and contended for prizes hence in modern usage the name of a hall for musical or dramatic performances...
Author
Author. This word has not been defined by statute, though the Copyright Act, 1911, says [s. 24 (2)], that for the purposes of that section the word shall include the personal representatives of a deceased author. A translator of a literary work is the 'author' of his translation, Byrne v. Statist Co., (1914) 1 KB 622. As to who is the 'author' of the report of a speech, see Walter v. Lane, 1900 AC 539. The agreement between an author and his publisher is a personal one and is not assignable, Griffith v. Tower Publishing Co., (1897) 1 Ch 21. See Nisbet & Co. v. Golf Agency, (1907) 23 TLR 370, and Evans v. Hulton & Co., (1924) 121 LT 534.Means-(i) in relation to a literary or dramatic work, the author of the work; (ii) in relation to a musical work, the composer; (iii) in relation to an artistic work other than a photograph, the artist; (iv) in relation to a photograph, the person taking the photograph; (v) in relation to a cinematograph film or sound recording, the producer; and (vi) in...
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