2.+Copyright+and+Multimedia

List the components of multimedia and explain why such media may be covered by copyright law.

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AUDIO

VIDEO

ANIMATION

IMAGES

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 * **Works** ||
 * Literary works || books, letters, articles in periodicals, newspapers and magazines, poems, assignments, theses ||
 * Dramatic works || plays, film and television scripts ||
 * Musical works || notated music, i.e. scores and lyrics to a song ||
 * Artistic works || photos, paintings, drawings, maps, charts, diagrams ||

Copyright also exists in the published edition of a book and protects the typographical layout and font of a book
 * **Subject matter other than works** ||
 * Films || DVDs, videos, TV programs, TV advertisements, short films, full length theatrical releases ||
 * Sound recordings || Aggregate of the sounds embodied in a record or CD ||
 * Broadcasts || Communication to the public delivered by a broadcasting service ||
 * Performances || Dance, circus act, puppet theatre, poetry reading, music concert ||

Note: Works in the category of ‘subject matter other than works’ are aggregations of a number of separate works. Copyright usually exists independently in each of the underlying works as well as the combined work itself, e.g., in the case of a sound recording or CD there may be separate copyright owners in the music, the arrangement the lyrics, the performance and the production of the sound recording itself. " (Sydney, 2009)