Microsoft Word ip intellectual property rights doc

Categories of copyright work

Copyright works are divided into different categories under the CDPA.  Each category has its

own set of rules to suit the particular media.  These categories include:

Literary, dramatic, musical or artistic works;

Sound recordings, films; broadcasts and cable programmes; and

Typographical arrangement of published editions.

For most people, the most important category is that for literary, dramatic, musical and artistic

works.  Examples of such works include: books, drawings (including design drawings),

paintings, music, photographs, and (very importantly) computer programmes.