A Copyright Tale of Two Collecting Societies: Public Performance Malaysia Sdn Bhd & Anor v PRISM Berhad

Authors

  • Tay Pek San

Abstract

Under the Copyright Act 1987 (‘CA 1987’), a society or organisation which is set up to negotiate and grant copyright licences for and on behalf of copyright owners is referred to as a ‘licensing body’. Essentially, a licensing body grants licences and collects royalty on behalf of its members who are copyright owners. In Public Performance Malaysia Sdn Bhd & Anor v PRISM Berhad,1 the High Court presided over a dispute between two licensing bodies which centred on the issue of copyright ownership in a number of licensing documentations used in the course of royalty collection. It is the first reported case involving licensing bodies in Malaysia

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Published

2016-12-01

How to Cite

San, T. P. (2016). A Copyright Tale of Two Collecting Societies: Public Performance Malaysia Sdn Bhd & Anor v PRISM Berhad. Journal of Malaysian and Comparative Law, 43(2. Dec.), 79 - end. Retrieved from http://adum.um.edu.my/index.php/JMCL/article/view/14113