In Hong Kong, copyright is a right automatically provided to the owner of original work, subsisting in literary works such as books and computer software, musical works such as musical compositions, dramatic works such as plays, artistic works such as drawings, paintings and sculptures, sound recordings, films, broadcasts, cable programmes and the typographical arrangement of published editions of literary, dramatic or musical works, as well as performers' performances. | ||||
Copyright is an automatic right arising arises when a work is created, unnecessary to be registered in Hong Kong in order to obtain protection under the law. there being in fact no official registry in Hong Kong for registration of copyright works. | ||||
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